Oleg Kurguskin Explained

Oleg Kurguskin
Nationality:Russian
Birth Date:1966 4, df=y
Birth Place:Elista, Soviet Union
Career1:Soviet Union/Russia
Career2:Tajfun Elista
Years2:1983–1991
Career3:Cherkessk
Years3:1992–1993
Career4:Togliatti
Years4:1994–2009
Career5:Poland
Years6:1999–2000
Years7:2001
Career7:Łódź
Indivyear1:1994, 1999, 2003, 2004
Indivhonour1:Russian champion
Indivyear2:1989, 1991
Indivhonour2:Soviet championship silver
Teamhonour1:European Club Champions' Cup winner

Oleg Anatolyevich Kurguskin (Russian: Олег Анатольевич Кургускин; born 11 April 1966, in Elista)[1] is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider[2] who was a member of Russia team at 2001 and 2005 Speedway World Cup.

Career

Kurguskin won the silver medal at the Soviet Union championship in 1989 and 1991.[3] He was also the four-times Russian champion in 1994, 1999, 2003 and 2004.[4]

Kurguskin was a stand out rider when he was part of the first ever Russian team (still under the Soviet Union flag) to tour Australia in 1990/91. While the team (which included Kurguskin, Rene Aas, Mikhail Starostin, Rinat Mardanshin, Rif Saitgareev, Vladimir Trofimov, Viktor Gajdym, Andrejs Koroļevs, and Grigori Kharchenko) did not compete in a test against the Australians, they did win most of their matches around the country and won new fans with their professionalism and the way they adapted to the Australian culture.

With Russian club Mega-Łada Togliatti he won European Club Champions' Cup in 2003.[5]

Honours

World Championships

European Championships

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20071114142404/http://www.lubusports.pl/mat05/zawodnik.php?imie=Oleg&nazwisko=Kurguskin Oleg Kurguskin at www.lubusports.pl
  2. Web site: Oleg Kurguskin . Polish Speedway Database . 8 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Individual USRR Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego . 6 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Russian Individual Speedway Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego . 8 April 2024.
  5. Web site: Before the KPE final in Toruń: the history of the competition . Sporto We Fakty . 16 September 2009 . 15 March 2024.