Andrey Kudriashov

Andrey Kudriashov
Андре́й Кудряшо́в

Born	(1991-07-10)10 July 1991[1] Balakovo, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	18 May 2024(2024-05-18) (aged 32)
Nationality	Russian
Career history
Russia
2008–2015, 2021–2023	Balakovo
2016–2019	Togliatti
Poland
2010, 2012	Kraków
2011	Grudziądz
2013–2014	Lublin
2015–2017	Bydgoszcz
2018	Łódź
2019	Gniezno
2020	Daugavpils
2021	Opole
Denmark
2015–2016	Holstebro
2018	Slangerup
Individual honours
2015, 2017, 2018, 2019	Russian champion
2009	U-19 Russian Champion
Team honours
2011	U21 Team world champion

Andrey Alekseevich Kudriashov (Russian: Андре́й Алексе́евич Кудряшо́в; 10 July 1991 – 18 May 2024) was a Russian motorcycle speedway rider.[2][3][4]

Career

Kudriashov came to prominence in 2009, after he won the under-19 Russian Championship, scoring a 15 points maximum.[5] The same year, Kudryashov finished third at the individual Under-21 Russian Championship, scoring 12 points.[6]

On 3 September 2009, Kudryashov started in the motoAllegro Szlaka Piastowska, individual meeting in Poznań, Poland, finishing 15th.[7] This was the prelude to his career in the Team Speedway Polish Championship, when he signed for Wanda Kraków for the 2010 Polish speedway season.[2]

It was also in 2010 that Kudriashov started in the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification and in qualifying round four scored 7 points to qualify for the race-off before being eliminated. He also participated in the 2010 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship in Gdańsk, Poland and qualified for the semi-final, held on 26 June in Landshut, Germany and the 2010 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship finishing 7th in the semi-final in Rawicz, Poland.

In 2011, his career really took off when he won the Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship with teammates Artem Laguta, Vitaly Belousov, Ilya Chalov and Vladimir Borodulin, which was held at his home track at the Trud Stadium in Balakovo.[8]

Kudriashov won the Russian national championship in 2015. He went on to win the national title on three more occasions in 2017, 2018 and 2019.[9]

Illness and death

In early 2023, Kudriashov was forced to retire after being diagnosed with an aggressive skin cancer[10] and sold his speedway equipment in order to support his family.[11] Later in May 2023, he underwent a leg amputation as doctors attempted to stop the spread of the cancer. He died the following year, on 18 May 2024, at the age of 32.[12]

Results

World Championships

• Individual U-21 World Championship (Under-21 World Championship)
  • 2010 - qualify to the Semi-Final

European Championships

• Individual Under-19 European Championship
  • 2010 - 7th placed in the Semi-Final One

See also

• Russia national under-21 speedway team (under-19)

References

1. Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2010, pages 60–61 ISSN 1429-3285
2. "Andrey Kudryashov Rosja". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
3. "Andriej Kudriaszow". Sporto We Fakty. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
4. "Andrey Kudriashov 1991-2024". FIM. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
5. "Kudriaszow Mistrzem Rosji do 19 lat" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 12 September 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
6. "Laguta z tytułem MIMR" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
7. "Rafał Dobrucki wygrał motoAllegro Szlakę Piastowską w Poznaniu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 October 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
8. "Junior (U-21) World Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
9. "Russia Speedway Championship" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
10. "The gruesome fate of 31-year-old Andrei is shocking - one thing says everything about the seriousness of the disease". Ilta Sanomat. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
11. "Kudriashov retires as he faces cancer battle". FIM. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
12. Ушёл из жизни гонщик «Турбины» Андрей Кудряшов (in Russian)