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Ukrainian speedway rider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aleksandr Dmitrievich Loktaev or Oleksandr Lokatev (Ukrainian: Олександр Локтаєв, born 10 January 1994)[1] is a motorcycle speedway rider from Ukraine.[2][3]
Born | Balakovo, Russia | January 10, 1994
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Nationality | Ukrainian |
Career history | |
Russia | |
2009 | Balakovo |
2011 | Togliatt |
Poland | |
2010, 2012, 2014-2016 | Zielona Góra |
2011 | Rybnik |
2013 | Bydgoszcz |
2017–2018, 2020–2021 | Łódź |
2019 | Ostrów |
2023–2024 | Poznań |
Denmark | |
2010–2013 | Holstebro |
2019 | Fjelsted |
2021 | Region Varde |
Sweden | |
2013 | Hammarby |
2014 | Dackarna |
2019 | Masarna |
2021 | Smederna |
Loktaev first rode in Poland for Falubaz Zielona Góra in the 2010 Polish speedway season.[2] In 2010, he qualified for the 2010 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship Semi-Final One but one week before the Semi-Final, Loktaev was injured in a Danish Speedway League match between Holstebro and Vojens. He was replaced by track reserve Simon Nielsen.[4]
In 2011, he represented Ukraine national speedway team during the 2011 Speedway World Cup Qualification and then competed in two more World Cups in 2012 and 2013. He was also part of Ukraine team that returned to the international stage to compete in the 2018 Speedway of Nations and has since ridden in the 2021 Speedway of Nations.
He had ridden in Poland every year since 2010, with the exception of 2022. For the 2023 season he joined PSŻ Poznań.[2]
In 2024, Loktaev was unable to join his Swedish team Vetlanda because he was stuck in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]
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