Grigory Laguta

Grigory Laguta

Born	(1984-04-09) 9 April 1984 (age 40) Sukhodol, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Career history
Russia
2001–2023	Vladivostok
Poland
2006–2010	Daugavpils
2011–2014	Częstochowa
2015	Toruń
2016–2017	Rybnik
2019–2021	Motor Lublin
Sweden
2008	Västervik
2010–2012	Valsarna
2013–2017	Smederna
Individual honours
2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022, 2023[1]	Russian Champion
2008, 2010, 2011, 2014	Latvian Champion

Grigory Grigorievich Laguta (born 9 April 1984[2]) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Russia.[3] He is a six-times champion of Russia.

Career

Laguta is a six-time Russian Champion[1] winning the title in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022 and 2023.[4]

Laguta previously held two speedway licences: Russian (MFR) and Latvian (LaMSF). This allowed him to become a four times champion of Latvia.

In 2017, he was suspended for two years for a doping violation after having used meldonium.[5][6] However, he later returned and in 2023, won his sixth Russian national title, which took him to just one win behind the Mikhail Starostin in the all-time list of winners.

Family

His brother Artem Laguta is also a speedway rider, who was the 2021 world champion and his nephew is Vadim Tarasenko.[7]

Speedway Grand Prix results

2006 SGP
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw
1 (1)	Daugavpils	17	0	(0)	17

2007 SGP
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw
1 (2)	Daugavpils	7	8	(3,1,3,0,1) +0	14

2008 SGP
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw
1 (3)	Daugavpils	15	2	(1,1,0,F,0)	6

2009 SGP
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw
1 (4)	Daugavpils	13	6	(3,1,1,1,X)	10

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

Honours

• Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix)
  • 2006 - 32nd place (0 points in 1 GP)
  • 2007 - 20th place (8 points in 1 GP)
• Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup)
  • 2008 - Semi-Final 1 will be on 12 July 2008
• European Club Champions' Cup
  • 2006 Tarnów - 4th place (5 points)
  • 2007 - 2nd place in Semi-Final 2 (13 points)
  • 2008 Slaný - The Final will be on 6 September 2008 (12 pts in Semi-Final)
• Individual Latvian Championship
  • 2008 Daugavpils - Latvian Champion[8]

See also

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

References

1. "International News", Speedway Star, 20 September 2014, p. 38
2. Świat Żużla, No 1 (73) / 2008, pages 44-45, ISSN 1429-3285
3. "Grigori Laguta Rosja". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
4. "Russia Speedway Championship" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
5. "Speedway-stjärnan stängs av två år". 13 September 2017.
6. "Speedway star sanctioned after meldonium positive". Spots Intergrity Initiative. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
7. "New Peterborough Panthers rider has the genes and pedigree to succeed in the Premiership". Peterborough Telegraph. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
8. "Laguta z tytułem, srebro dla Śwista". SportoweFakty.pl. 13 July 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2008.