Armando Castagna

Armando Castagna (born 22 September 1963)[1] is a former Italian international motorcycle speedway rider. He was born in Arzignano, and was a member of the Italy national team and has represented them in several World Team Cup competitions. He is a record 12 times Italian Champion.[2][3][4]

Armando Castagna
Born (1963-09-22) 22 September 1963
Arzignano, Italy
NationalityItalian
Career history
Great Britain
1985Kings Lynn Stars
1988Ipswich Witches
1989, 1990, 1992-1994
1996, 2000, 2001		Reading Racers
1991Eastbourne Eagles
1995Oxford Cheetahs
1997Poole Pirates
Italy
1990-91MC La Favorita Di Sarego
1993-94MC Olimpia Terenzano
2001Abato Badia Calavena
Germany
1991AC Landshut
Poland
1997MC Gustrow
1999MC Nordstern Stralsund
1998LKŻ-Inter Polan Lublin
1999Kolejarz Rawicz
1991Iskra Ostrów
Poland
1997Debreczyn Emelgepjavito SC
Individual honours
1984, 1985, 1986
1988, 1990, 1991
1992, 1993 1994
1995 2000, 2001		Italian Champion
1997Continental Champion
1999Argentinian Champion
1990Italian Grasstrack Championship
Team honours
1990, 1992British League Champion
1991West German Championship
1993, 1994, 2001Italian Championship

Career

He rode in the United Kingdom for the Ipswich Witches and Oxford Cheetahs but he spent the majority of his career with the Reading Racers where he won the British League title twice.[5]

He has ridden in the Speedway Grand Prix series and has reached five Speedway World Championship finals. On 26 July 1997 he won the Continental Final, which formed part of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification.[6]

He won the Italian National Championship a record twelve times[7] and in 1999, he won the Argentine Championship.[8]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Pairs Championship

Retirement

Since retiring in 2001, Castagna took charge of speedway in Italy and was the Italy national team manager.[7]

At its meeting on Friday 22 February 2013, the FIM Board of Directors appointed new Directors and new members in various Commissions. Armando was appointed as new Director of the FIM Track Racing Commission (CCP), succeeding Roy Otto. [10]

Family

His son Michele Paco Castagna is a speedway rider and Italian champion.[7]

References
  1. Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). 1986 Speedway Yearbook. ISBN 0-948882-00-X
  2. "Individual Italian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. "Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Austrii". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  7. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  8. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1930-2022 Argentinian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  9. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
  10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2013-06-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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