Andrejs Koroļevs

Polish speedway rider

Andrejs Koroļevs
Career history
Born	(1969-07-30) 30 July 1969 (age 55)
Nationality	Latvian/Polish (dual)
1992–1994, 2001	Grudziądz
1995–2000	Leszno
2002	Gdańsk
2003	Rawicz
2004	Gniezno
2005–2006, 2008	Daugavpils

Individual honours
1991, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001	Latvian Champion

Andrejs Koroļevs (born 30 July 1969^[1]) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Latvia. Since 1996, he raced on a Polish licence after gaining Polish citizenship and was known as Andrzej Korolew. He is a five times champion of Latvia.

Career

Koroļevs won his first national championship in 1991, the same year in which the restoration of independence of Latvia took place.^[2] he had previously competed in the Soviet Union Individual Speedway Championship.^[3]

Koroļevs won the title four more times in 1995, 1997, 2000 and 2001.^[4] He is regarded as the Latvian rider who paved the way for a new group of riders emerging from the country.^[5]

Speedway Grand Prix results

2006 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 18)
Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
9 /10	Latvian SGP	18	0	(0)	18

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

Honours

World Championships

Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix)
- 2006 - 34th place (0 points)
Individual U-21 World Championship
- 1990 - Lviv - track reserve (3 points)
Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup)
- 2003 - 3rd place in Qualifying round
- 2008 - 3rd place in Qualifying Round 1

European Championships

European Pairs Championship
- 2005 - Gdańsk - 7th place (2 points)
European Club Champions' Cup
- 2001 - Daugavpils - Bronze medal (10 points)
- 2002 - Pardubice - 5th place (3 points)
- 2006 - Tarnów - 4th place (4 points)
- 2008 - Slaný - 4th place (6 points)

References

^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (73) / 2008, pages 44-45, ISSN 1429-3285
^ "Latvian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
^ "The city on the Dvina River is saturated with speedway". Polsat Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
^ "Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Łotwy". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
^ "Żużlowa egzotyka. Kiedyś byli tłem, teraz trzeba się z nimi bardzo poważnie liczyć. Łotysze coraz bliżej wielkiego żużla". Interia Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2024.