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{{short description|Russian motorcycle speedway rider (born 1966)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}{{Use British English|date=April 2024}}

factoids

| birth_place = Elista, Soviet Union| career1 = Soviet Union/Russia| career2 = Tajfun Elista| years2 = 1983–1991Monolith Cherkessk>Cherkessk| years3 = 1992–1993 Mega-Łada Togliatti>Togliatti| years4 = 1994–2009| career5 = Poland| years6 = 1999–2000 KM Ostrów Wielkopolski>Ostrów | years7 = 2001 Orzeł Łódź>Łódź| indivyear1 = 1994, 1999, 2003, 2004Russian Individual Speedway Championship>Russian champion| indivyear2 = 1989, 1991Russian Individual Speedway Championship>Soviet championship silver2003 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup>2003 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup>European Club Champions' Cup winner}} Oleg Anatolyevich Kurguskin (; born 11 April 1966, in Elista)weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071114142404weblink">Oleg Kurguskin at www.lubusports.pl is a Russian motorcycle speedway riderWEB,weblink Oleg Kurguskin, Polish Speedway Database, 8 April 2024, who was a member of Russia team at 2001 and 2005 Speedway World Cup.

Career

File:Emil Sajfutdinov and Oleg Kurguskin.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kurguskin (right) and Emil SaifutdinovEmil SaifutdinovKurguskin won the silver medal at the Soviet Union championship in 1989 and 1991.WEB,weblink Indvidual USRR Championship, Historia Sportu Zuzlowego, 6 April 2024, He was also the four-times Russian champion in 1994, 1999, 2003 and 2004.WEB,weblink Russian Individual Speedway Championship, Historia Sportu Zuzlowego, 8 April 2024, Kurguskin was a stand out rider when he was part of the first ever Russian team (still under the Soviet Union flag) to tour Australia in 1990/91. While the team (which included Kurguskin, Rene Aas, Mikhail Starostin, Rinat Mardanshin, Rif Saitgareev, Vladimir Trofimov, Viktor Gajdym, Andrejs Koroļevs, and Grigori Kharchenko) did not compete in a test against the Australians, they did win most of their matches around the country and won new fans with their professionalism and the way they adapted to the Australian culture.With Russian club Mega-Łada Togliatti he won European Club Champions' Cup in 2003.WEB,weblink Before the KPE final in Toruń: the history of the competition, Sporto We Fakty, 16 September 2009, 15 March 2024,

Honours

World Championships

• Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
  • 2001 - {{flagicon|POL}} - 8th place (3 pts in Race-off)
  • 2005 - 7th place (2 pts in Event 1)
• Individual U-21 European (=World) Championship
  • 1987 - {{flagicon|POL}} Zielona Góra - 14th place (4 pts)

European Championships

• European Club Champions' Cup
  • 1999 - {{flagicon|POL}} Bydgoszcz - 3rd place (9 pts)
  • 2003 - {{flagicon|CZE}} Pardubice - European Champion (14 pts)
  • 2004 - {{flagicon|SVN}} Ljubljana - Runner-up (5 pts)

See also

• Russia national speedway team

References

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