Roman Povazhny

Roman Povazhny

Born	(1976-10-23) October 23, 1976 (age 48) Tolyatti, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Career history
Russia
1993–2006	Togliatti
2007–2013	Balakovo
Poland
1998	Krosno
1999	Gorzów
2001	Warszawa
2002	Grudziądz
2003–2007	Rybnik
2008	Rzeszów
2009–2013	Daugavpils
Sweden
2008	Indianerna
Great Britain
1999, 2001, 2004, 2007	Eastbourne
2000	Oxford
2000	Wolverhampton
2002	King's Lynn
2004–2005	Arena Essex
Denmark
2004	Kronjylland
Individual honours
2001	Russian champion

Roman Alexandrovich Povazhny (Russian: Поважный, Роман Александрович; born October 23, 1976^[1]) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider and a former champion of Russia.^[2] He earned 21 caps for the Russia national speedway team.^[3]

Career

Povazhny won the Russian national championship in 2001.^[4]

He started his British leagues career with Eastbourne Eagles and would ride with them for four seasons in 1999, 2001,^[5][6] 2004 and 2007.^[7] Inbetween he rode for Oxford Cheetahs during the 2000 season.^[8]

He gained Polish citizenship in 2004 and retired in 2013.

Speedway Grand Prix results

2003 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 29)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
4 /9	Danish SGP	22	2	(1,1/Fx)	22
5 /9	Slovenian SGP	18	4	(2,1,1)	21

2005 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 23)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
9 /9	Italian SGP	15	4	(0,1,0,0,3)	12

	permanent speedway rider
	wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
	rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

Career details

World Championships

• Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix)
  • 2003 - 29th place (6 points in 2 GPs)
  • 2005 - 25th place (4 points in 1 GP)
• Individual Under-21 World Championship
  • 1997 - Mšeno - 4th place (10 points)
• Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
  • 1993 - 3rd place in Group D for (13 points)
  • 1993 - started in Group B only (4 points)
  • 1997 - Piła - 6th place (7 points)
  • 1998 - 3rd place in Group A (12 points)
  • 2000 - 3rd place in Quarter-Final 1 (13 points)
  • 2001 - 8th place (5 points in Race-Off)
  • 2002 - 9th place (8 points in Event 3)
  • 2003 - 8th place (8 points in Race-Off)
  • 2007 - started in Qualifying Round 2 only (12 points)

Note: In 1993 he started for Slovenia

European Championships

• Individual European Championship
  • 2001 - Heusden Zolder - 7th place (8 points)
  • 2002 - Rybnik - 6th place (9 points)
• European Pairs Championship
  • 2008 - Natschbach-Loipersbach - Bronze medal (8 points)
• European Club Champions' Cup
  • 1998 - started in Group A only (15 points)
  • 2004 - Ljubljana - Silver medal for Mega-Lada Togliatti (16 points)
  • 2009 - Toruń - 3rd place (5 pts) Vladivostok

Domestic competitions

• Individual Polish Championship
  • 2008 - 6th place in Semi-Final 2
• Polish Golden Helmet
  • 2008 - Wrocław - 5th place (8 points)

See also

• Russia national speedway team
• Poland national speedway team
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
• Speedway in Poland

References

1. Świat Żużla, No 1 (73) / 2008, pages 18-19, ISSN 1429-3285
2. "Roman Povazhny Rosja". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
3. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
4. "Russian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
5. "The Russians are coming to Eagles". Mid Sussex Times. 13 September 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Povazhny puts Eagles first". The Argus. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
7. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
8. "Roman lords it with his new backers". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 6 September 2024.