Kjasts Puodžuks

Kjastas Poudžuks (born 23 August 1986) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Latvia and the former Latvian champion.^[1][2]

Kjasts Puodžuks

Born	(1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 38) Daugavpils, Latvia
Nationality	Latvian
Career history
Great Britain
2005	Oxford
Poland
2005–2006, 2008–2024	Daugavpils
2007	Gniezno

Speedway career

Puodžuks rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Oxford Cheetahs during the 2005 Elite League speedway season.^[3][4] He was signed by the Oxford promoter Nigel Wagstaff.^[5]

Puodžuks was part of the Lokomotiv Daugavpils team that first competed in the Polish leagues in 2005.^[6] In 2009, he rode for the first time in the Allsvenskan (the Swedish leagues).^[7]

Speedway Grand Prix results

Year	Position	Points	Best Finish	Notes
2006	21st	4	10th	Track wildcard at Latvian GP.
2007	33rd	1	17th	Track reserve at Latvian GP.
2014	N/A	10	5th	Track reserve at Latvian GP.

Honours

• Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix):
  • 2006 - 21 place (4 points)
  • 2007 - (1 points)
• Individual U-21 World Championship:
  • 2007 - 13 place (3 point)
• Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup):
  • 2006 - 4 place in Qualifying round 1 (11 points)
  • 2009 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 2 (15 points)
• Individual U-19 European Championship:
  • 2002 - track reserve (2 points)
  • 2004 - 5 place (10 points)
  • 2005 - Silver medal (11 points)
• European Club Champions' Cup:
  • 2008 - Slaný - 4th place (2 points)
• Individual Latvian Championship:
  • 2004 - Latvian Champion
  • 2006 - Silver medal
  • 2007 - Latvian Champion
  • 2015 - Latvian Champion
• Individual Junior Latvian Championship:
  • 2003 - Latvian Champion
  • 2004 - Latvian Champion
  • 2005 - Latvian Champion
  • 2006 - Latvian Champion

See also

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

References

1. "2009 SWC Riders Declared QR 2" (PDF). FIM-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
2. "Ķasts Puodžuks Łotwa". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
3. "Greensheet Averages". British Speedway. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
4. "Oxford plans are hit by Coventry dispute". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
5. Bamford/Shailes, Robert/Glynn (2007). The Story of Oxford Speedway. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 183–184. ISBN 978-0-7524-4161-0.
6. "The city on the Dvina River is saturated with speedway". Polsat Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
7. "Puodžuks startēs Zviedrijā". Sportacentrs. Retrieved 5 September 2024.