Igor Marko (1965–2006) was an international speedway rider from the Soviet Union and Ukraine. He rode under the Soviet Union flag until the

Dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

Speedway career

Marko won the gold medal at the Individual Speedway Junior European Championship in the

1986 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship The 1986 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship was the tenth edition of the European motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. Held on 13 July in Rivne (now Ukraine), the winner was Igor Marko of the Soviet Union. European final *13 ...

European final appearances

European Under-21

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

- Rivne,

Rivne Speedway Rivne (; uk, Рівне ),) also known as Rovno (Russian: Ровно; Polish: Równe; Yiddish: ראָוונע), is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (Oblast, province), as well as the surrounding Ri ...

- 1st - 13pts

Death

Marko was killed in a street robbery in Rivne, Ukraine on 16 November 2006.

References

1965 births 2006 deaths Russian speedway riders {{Speedway-stub