Roman Povazhny

Roman Povazhny

Born	(1976-10-23) October 23, 1976
Nationality	Russia Poland
Current club information
Polish league	Lokomotiv Daugavpils
Career history
1998	Krosno (POL)
1999	Gorzów Wlkp. (POL)
2001	Warszawa (POL)
2002	Grudziądz (POL)
2003-2007	Rybnik (POL)
2004-2007	Indianerna (SWE)
2008	Rzeszów (POL)
2009	Daugavpils (POL)

Roman Povazhny (Russian: Поважный, Роман Александрович; born October 23, 1976) is a Russian-Polish former international motorcycle speedway rider. He gained Polish citizenship in 2004 and retired in 2013.

Speedway Grand Prix results

2003 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 29)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
4 /9	Danish SGP	22	2	(1,1/Fx)	22
5 /9	Slovenian SGP	18	4	(2,1,1)	21

2005 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 23)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
9 /9	Italian SGP	15	4	(0,1,0,0,3)	12

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

Career details

World Championships

• Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix)
  • 2003 - 29th place (6 points in 2 GPs)
  • 2005 - 25th place (4 points in 1 GP)
• Individual Under-21 World Championship
  • 1997 - Mšeno - 4th place (10 points)
• Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
  • 1993 - 3rd place in Group D for (13 points)
  • 1993 - started in Group B only (4 points)
  • 1997 - Piła - 6th place (7 points)
  • 1998 - 3rd place in Group A (12 points)
  • 2000 - 3rd place in Quarter-Final 1 (13 points)
  • 2001 - 8th place (5 points in Race-Off)
  • 2002 - 9th place (8 points in Event 3)
  • 2003 - 8th place (8 points in Race-Off)
  • 2007 - started in Qualifying Round 2 only (12 points)

Note: In 1993 he started for Slovenia

European Championships

• Individual European Championship
  • 2001 - Heusden Zolder - 7th place (8 points)
  • 2002 - Rybnik - 6th place (9 points)
• European Pairs Championship
  • 2008 - Natschbach-Loipersbach - Bronze medal (8 points)
• European Club Champions' Cup
  • 1998 - started in Group A only (15 points)
  • 2004 - Ljubljana - Silver medal for Mega-Lada Togliatti (16 points)
  • 2009 - Toruń - 3rd place (5 pts) Vladivostok

Domestic competitions

• Individual Polish Championship
  • 2008 - 6th place in Semi-Final 2
• Polish Golden Helmet
  • 2008 - Wrocław - 5th place (8 points)

See also

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

External links

• (ru) Riders of Mega-Lada