Ernest Matjuszonok Explained

Ernest Matjuszonok
Nationality:Latvian
Birth Date:14 May 2002
Birth Place:Latvia
Career1:Poland
Career2:Daugavpils
Years2:2022–2024
Career3:Lublin
Years3:2024
Teamyear1:2023
Teamhonour1:U21 World Team bronze
Teamyear2:2018, 2010, 2021
Teamhonour2:U23 European Team bronze

Ernest Matjuszonok (born 14 May 2002) is an international motorcycle speedway rider from Latvia.[1] [2] [3]

Career

Matjuszonok came to prominence after reaching the final series of the 2018 Speedway Under-21 World Championship, aged just 16[4] and winning his first silverware after securing a bronze medal at the European Junior Team Championships.

In 2020, he won another bronze medal at the 2020 Team Speedway Junior European Championship[5] and repeated his success of 2018 and 2020 by winning a third bronze medal during the 2021 European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship.[6] Matjuszonok finished in sixth place in the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship

He made his Speedway Grand Prix (World Championship) debut during the Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia as a track reserve in the 2023 Speedway Grand Prix.[7] Also in 2023, Matjuszonok won the bronze medal at the U21 World Team Championships at the 2023 Speedway of Nations 2.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ernest Matjuszonok . Speedway News . January 2022 . 28 April 2024.
  2. Web site: Ernest Matjuszonok . Sporto We Fakty . 28 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Ernest Matjuszonok . Zuzelend . 28 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Speedway Junioren Weltmeisterschaft (U-21) . Speedway Yesterday . 28 April 2024.
  5. Web site: European U21 Team Final (Lodz) 29/08/2020 . Speedway Updates . 23 December 2022.
  6. Web site: European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship: Final in Latvia . FIM . 29 August 2021 . 23 December 2022.
  7. Web site: Riga Latvia . FIM . 28 April 2024.