Armando Castagna

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

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.

Career

He rode in the UK for the Ipswich Witches and Oxford Cheetahs but he spent the majority of his UK career with the Reading Racers where he won the British League title twice. He has ridden in the Speedway Grand Prix series and has reached five Speedway World Championship finals. He won the Italian National Championship a record twelve times.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Pairs Championship

  • 1984 - Italy Lonigo, Pista Speedway (with Armando Dal Chiele) - 7th - 6pts (5)
  • 1986 - West Germany Pocking, Rottalstadion (with Valentino Furlanetto) - 8th - 15pt (8)

Retirement

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

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. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). 1986 Speedway Yearbook. ISBN 0-948882-00-X
  2. ↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
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