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Ričards Ansviesulis

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Ričards Ansviesulis
Born (2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 (age 22)
Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Career history
Poland
2022–2023Daugavpils
Sweden
2022Indianerna
2023Vargarna
2024Solkatterna
Individual honours
2018Estonian Championship
Team honours
2023U21 World Team bronze
2010, 2021U23 European Team bronze

Ričards Ansviesulis (born 21 June 2002) is an international motorcycle speedway rider from Latvia.[1][2][3][4]

Career

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Ansviesulis won the 2018 Estonian Individual Speedway Championship aged just 16[5] and came to prominence after winning the bronze medal at the 2020 Team Speedway Junior European Championship.[6]

He repeated his success of 2020 by winning a second bronze medal during the 2021 European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship.[7] In 2021 Ansviesulis, riding with riding partners Ernests Matjusonoks and Francis Gusts, won the European U19 pairs title.[8]

After signing for Vargarna for the 2023 Swedish speedway season,[9] he made his Speedway Grand Prix (World Championship) debut during the Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia as a track reserve in the 2023 Speedway Grand Prix.[10] Also in 2023, Ansviesulis won the bronze medal at the U21 World Team Championships at the 2023 Speedway of Nations 2.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Ricards Ansviesulis". Speedway News. January 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Ricards Ansviesulis". FIM. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Ricards Ansviesulis". Zuzelend. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Ricards Ansviesulis". Interia Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Individual Estonian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  6. ^ "European U21 Team Final (Lodz) 29/08/2020". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  7. ^ "European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship: Final in Latvia". FIM. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Eiropas Spīdveja Čempionāta (junioriem) Fināls pāriem". Aula.lv. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Lett tar sista platsen i Vargarnas trupp". Norrkopings Tidningar. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Riga Latvia". FIM. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Speedway of Nations u21: złoto dla biało-czerwonych!". Poinformowani. Retrieved 5 September 2024.