Ernest Matjuszonok (born 14 May 2002) is an international motorcycle speedway rider from Latvia.[1][2][3]

Ernest Matjuszonok
Born (2002-05-14) 14 May 2002 (age 22)
Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Career history
Poland
2022–2024Daugavpils
2024Lublin
Team honours
2023U21 World Team bronze
2018, 2010, 2021U23 European Team bronze

Career

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Matjuszonok came to prominence after reaching the final series of the 2018 Speedway Under-21 World Championship, aged just 16[4] and winning his first silverware after securing a bronze medal at the European Junior Team Championships.

In 2020, he won another bronze medal at the 2020 Team Speedway Junior European Championship[5] and repeated his success of 2018 and 2020 by winning a third bronze medal during the 2021 European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship.[6] Matjuszonok finished in sixth place in the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship and also in 2021, Matjuszonok, riding with riding partners Francis Gusts and Ričards Ansviesulis, won the European U19 pairs title.[7]

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.[8] Also in 2023, Matjuszonok won the bronze medal at the U21 World Team Championships at the 2023 Speedway of Nations 2.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Ernest Matjuszonok". Speedway News. January 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Ernest Matjuszonok". Sporto We Fakty. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Ernest Matjuszonok". Zuzelend. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Speedway Junioren Weltmeisterschaft (U-21)". Speedway Yesterday. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ^ "European U21 Team Final (Lodz) 29/08/2020". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  6. ^ "European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship: Final in Latvia". FIM. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Eiropas Spīdveja Čempionāta (junioriem) Fināls pāriem". Aula.lv. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Riga Latvia". FIM. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Speedway of Nations u21: złoto dla biało-czerwonych!". Poinformowani. Retrieved 5 September 2024.