Vadim Vladimirovich Tarasenko (born 12 May 1994) is a Russian

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

rider, who rides on a Polish licence.

Career

As a 15 years old, his first speedway club was Vostok Vladivostok from Russia. Tarasenko started in Individual Under-19 Russian Championship final, finishing third. Tarasenko finishing 11th at under-21 championship scoring 5 points. In January 2010, Tarasenko signed a four years contract in Polish league for Latvian

Lokomotiv Daugavpils Lokomotīve Daugavpils, also known as Lokomotiv Daugavpils, is a Latvian motorcycle speedway team based in Daugavpils who race in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga). Stadium Stadium Lokomotīve (former name Spīdveja centrs) is loc ...

. On 15 May he was confirmed for starting in Polish league (minimum 16 years old). From that day, he can compete in the Polish league. Three days after his 16th birthday, Tarasenko started in

2010 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship The 2010 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 34th edition of the FIM World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. For the first time a champion would be determined from three races between 17 July and 2 October 2010. T ...

Qualifying Round Three in

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, Poland. Tarasenko and his uncle

Artem Laguta Artem Grigoryevich Laguta (; born 13 November 1990) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russian national team. He is the 2021 World Champion. Career details Laguta became the Russian champion in 2010 and 2011. In Aug ...

won qualify to the semi-final One on 26 June in

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, Slovenia. After missing the 2022 season due to the FIM-sanctioned ban because of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia he obtained a Polish licence (as did his uncle Artem Laguta). He signed for

GKM Grudziądz GKM Grudziądz is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Grudziądz. They race at the 8,000-capacity Grudziądz Speedway Stadium. The team currently competes in the Ekstraliga (speedway), Ekstraliga (the highest division) and have won the b ...

for the 2023 Polish speedway season. Tarasenko also made his British leagues debut in 2023, when he signed for

Peterborough Panthers The Peterborough Panthers were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Peterborough, England from 1970 to 2023. They were three times List of United Kingdom speedway league champions, champions of the United Kingdom, winning the highest lev ...

but then made a huge impact for Glasgow Tigers, signing for the team late in the season, which proved to be the catalyst for Glasgow winning the play offs and claiming the division 2 title. He signed for the

King's Lynn Stars King's Lynn Stars are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Premiership. The nickname "Stars" was adopted from the defunct Norwich Stars team. The team was founded in 1965 and has been running continually since then, except for 199 ...

for the 2024 season but parted company with the club shortly after the season started.

Personal life

His mother is an older sister of

Grigory Laguta Grigory Grigorievich Laguta (born 9 April 1984) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Russia. He is a six-times champion of Russia. Career Laguta is a six-time Russian Champion winning the title in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022 and 2023. Lagu ...

(born 1984) and

(born 1990).

Results

World Championships

* Individual U-21 World Championship (Under-21 World Championship) **

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- ''qualify to the Semi-Final''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarasenko, Vadim 1994 births Living people Russian speedway riders Glasgow Tigers riders Expatriate speedway riders in Scotland Russian expatriate speedway riders in England Peterborough Panthers riders Sportspeople from Primorsky Krai Russian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Russian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Russian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Naturalized citizens of Poland Naturalised sports competitors

Career

Personal life

Results

World Championships

See also

References