| Andrey Kudriashov Андре́й Кудряшо́в | |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Birth Date: | 1991 7, df=y[1] |
| Birth Place: | Balakovo, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Career1: | Russia |
| Career2: | Balakovo |
| Years2: | 2008–2015, 2021–2023 |
| Career3: | Togliatti |
| Years3: | 2016–2019 |
| Career5: | Poland |
| Career6: | Kraków |
| Years6: | 2010, 2012 |
| Career7: | Grudziądz |
| Years7: | 2011 |
| Career8: | Lublin |
| Years8: | 2013–2014 |
| Years9: | 2015–2017 |
| Career9: | Bydgoszcz |
| Years10: | 2018 |
| Career10: | Łódź |
| Years11: | 2019 |
| Career11: | Gniezno |
| Years12: | 2020 |
| Career12: | Daugavpils |
| Career13: | Opole |
| Years13: | 2021 |
| Career14: | Denmark |
| Years15: | 2015–2016 |
| Career15: | Holstebro |
| Years16: | 2018 |
| Career16: | Slangerup |
| Indivyear1: | 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Indivhonour1: | Russian champion |
| Indivyear2: | 2009 |
| Indivhonour2: | U-19 Russian Champion |
| Teamyear1: | 2011 |
| Teamhonour1: | U21 Team world champion |
Andrey Alekseevich Kudriashov (Russian: Андре́й Алексе́евич Кудряшо́в; 10 July 1991 – 18 May 2024) was a Russian motorcycle speedway rider.[2] [3] [4]
Kudriashov came to prominence in 2009, after he won the under-19 Russian Championship, scoring a 15 points maximum.[5] The same year, Kudryashov finished third at the individual Under-21 Russian Championship, scoring 12 points.[6]
On 3 September 2009, Kudryashov started in the motoAllegro Szlaka Piastowska, individual meeting in Poznań, Poland, finishing 15th.[7] This was the prelude to his career in the Team Speedway Polish Championship, when he signed for Wanda Kraków for the 2010 Polish speedway season.[2]
It was also in 2010 that Kudriashov started in the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification and in qualifying round four scored 7 points to qualify for the race-off before being eliminated. He also participated in the 2010 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship in Gdańsk, Poland and qualified for the semi-final, held on 26 June in Landshut, Germany and the 2010 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship finishing 7th in the semi-final in Rawicz, Poland.
In 2011, his career really took off when he won the Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship with teammates Artem Laguta, Vitaly Belousov, Ilya Chalov and Vladimir Borodulin, which was held at his home track at the Trud Stadium in Balakovo.[8]
Kudriashov won the Russian national championship in 2015. He went on to win the national title on three more occasions in 2017, 2018 and 2019.[9]
In early 2023, Kudriashov was forced to retire after being diagnosed with an aggressive skin cancer and sold his speedway equipment in order to support his family.[10] Later in May 2023, he underwent a leg amputation as doctors attempted to stop the spread of the cancer. He died the following year, on 18 May 2024, at the age of 32.[11]