Oleg Kurguskin

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Oleg Kurguskin

Born	(1966-04-11) 11 April 1966 (age 55) Elista, Russian SFSR
Nationality	Russia
Career history
1999-2000	Ostrów Wlkp. (POL)
2001	(POL)
1983, 1986-1991	Tajfun Elista (CCCP)
1992-1993	Monolit Czerkiessk (RUS)
1994	Żiguli Togliatti (RUS)
1995-2007	Mega Lada Togliatti (RUS)
Team honours
2003 - Winner	European Club Champions' Cup

Oleg Kurguskin (Russian: Кургускин, Олег Анатольевич; born 11 April 1966, in Elista)^[1] is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider who was a member of Russia team at 2001 and 2005 Speedway World Cup. With Russian club Togliatti he won European Club Champions' Cup in 2003.

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, Michaił Starostin, Rinat Mardanshin, Rif Saitgareev, Vladimir Trofimov, Viktor Gajdym, Andrei Korolov, 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.

Honours[]

World Championships[]

• Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
  • 2001 - - 8th place (3 pts in Race-off)
  • 2005 - 7th place (2 pts in Event 1)
• Individual U-21 European (=World) Championship
  • 1987 - Zielona Góra - 14th place (4 pts)

European Championships[]

Kurguskin (right) and Emil Saifutdinov (2007)

• European Club Champions' Cup
  • 1999 - Bydgoszcz - 3rd place (9 pts)
  • 2003 - Pardubice - European Champion (14 pts)
  • 2004 - Ljubljana - Runner-up (5 pts)

See also[]

• Russia national speedway team

References[]

External links[]

• (en) (pl) Oleg Kurguskin at www.lubusports.pl