Aleksandr Loktaev

Aleksandr Loktaev
Born (1994-01-10) January 10, 1994 (age 30)
Balakovo, Russia
NationalityUkrainian
Career history
Russia
2009Balakovo
2011Togliatt
Poland
2010, 2012, 2014-2016Zielona Góra
2011Rybnik
2013Bydgoszcz
2017–2018, 2020–2021Łódź
2019Ostrów
2023–2024Poznań
Denmark
2010–2013Holstebro
2019Fjelsted
2021Region Varde
Sweden
2013Hammarby
2014Dackarna
2019Masarna
2021Smederna

Aleksandr Dmitrievich Loktaev or Oleksandr Lokatev (Ukrainian: Олександр Локтаєв, born 10 January 1994)[1] is a motorcycle speedway rider from Ukraine.[2][3]

Career

Loktaev first rode in Poland for Falubaz Zielona Góra in the 2010 Polish speedway season.[2] In 2010, he qualified for the 2010 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship Semi-Final One but one week before the Semi-Final, Loktaev was injured in a Danish Speedway League match between Holstebro and Vojens. He was replaced by track reserve Simon Nielsen.[4]

In 2011, he represented Ukraine national speedway team during the 2011 Speedway World Cup Qualification and then competed in two more World Cups in 2012 and 2013. He was also part of Ukraine team that returned to the international stage to compete in the 2018 Speedway of Nations and has since ridden in the 2021 Speedway of Nations.

He had ridden in Poland every year since 2010, with the exception of 2022. For the 2023 season he joined PSŻ Poznań.[2]

In 2024, Loktaev was unable to join his Swedish team Vetlanda because he was stuck in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

Results

World team Championships

U-21 World Championship

Domestic competitions

  • Team Polish Championship (Polish league)
    • 2010 - for Zielona Góra
  • Individual Under-21 Russian Championship
  • Individual Under-21 Ukrainian Championship
    • 2009 - three events - 4th placed (23 pts in two events only)[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2010, pages 12-13 ISSN 1429-3285
  2. ^ a b c "Aleksandr Loktaev Rosja". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Aleksandr loktaev - artykuły". Gazeta Lubuska. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Nielsen za Łoktajewa, Rosjanin wyszedł ze szpitala" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 24 June 2010. Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Vetlanda driver hides in Ukraine: "Food is running out"". SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Laguta z tytułem MIMR" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  7. ^ "Loktajew bez medalu. Cukanow najlepszym juniorem Ukrainy" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.