Andrea Maida

Andrea Maida

Born	(1964-03-23) 23 March 1964 (age 60) Loreo (Rovigo)
Nickname	Straky
Nationality	Italian
Career history
Italy
1994	Terenzano
Individual honours
1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003	Italian National Champion

Andrea Maida[1] (born 23 March 1964 in Loreo, Rovigo Italy) is an Italian former motorcycle speedway rider, who was a member of Italy's national team.

Career

As a child prior to his speedway career he started practicing skating achieving several wins in provincial and regional championships. Looking for more excitement, he devotes himself to karate gaining a brilliant third place in the Italian championship. The love for bikes without brakes begins back in 1973 when he was 9 years old and he has his first encounter with this particular motoring.[2]

He finished third in the 1994 Italian Individual Speedway Championship behind Armando Castagna[3] before going on to become a five times champions of Italy.[4][5]

Maida competed in both the World Team Cup and individual World Championship at the Continental Speedway final stage.[6][7]

Results

• Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
  • 1994 - 4th place in Group A
  • 1999 - 2nd place in Quarter-Final A
  • 2000 - 4th place in Semi-Final B
  • 2001 - 3rd place in Preliminary round 1
  • 2003 - 11th place
  • 2004 - 7th place
  • 2007 - 3rd place in Qualifying round 2
  • 2008 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2
• Individual European Championship
  • 2003 - Slaný - 16th place (1 pt)
• European Pairs Championship
  • 2004 - 6th place in Semi-Final 1
  • 2005 - Gdańsk - 6th place (3 pts)
  • 2007 - Terenzano - 7th place (10 pts)
• European Club Champions' Cup
  • 1999 - qualify to Group A
  • 2007 - 2nd place in Semi-Final 1

See also

• Italy national speedway team

References

1. www.lubusports.pl Archived 2009-03-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 10 March 2009
2. "International Speedway Racer" (in Italian). www.andrea-maida.com. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
3. "Racer's title bid". Reading Evening Post. 9 September 1994. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Individual Italian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
5. "Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Austrii". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
6. "Unlucky Topinka out in controversial style". Lynn Advertiser. 28 July 1998. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Speedway mondiale da oggi in Austria Cinque azzurri al via". La Gazzetta Dello Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2024.