Born | Latvia | 14 May 2002
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Nationality | Latvian |
Career history | |
Poland | |
2022–2024 | Daugavpils |
2024 | Lublin |
Team honours | |
2023 | U21 World Team bronze |
2018, 2010, 2021 | U23 European Team bronze |
Ernest Matjuszonok (born 14 May 2002) is an international motorcycle speedway rider from Latvia. [1] [2] [3]
Matjuszonok came to prominence after reaching the final series of the 2018 Speedway Under-21 World Championship, aged just 16 [4] and winning his first silverware after securing a bronze medal at the European Junior Team Championships.
In 2020, he won another bronze medal at the 2020 Team Speedway Junior European Championship [5] and repeated his success of 2018 and 2020 by winning a third bronze medal during the 2021 European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship. [6] Matjuszonok finished in sixth place in the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship
He made his Speedway Grand Prix (World Championship) debut during the Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia as a track reserve in the 2023 Speedway Grand Prix. [7] Also in 2023, Matjuszonok won the bronze medal at the U21 World Team Championships at the 2023 Speedway of Nations 2.
Born | Latvia | 14 May 2002
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Nationality | Latvian |
Career history | |
Poland | |
2022–2024 | Daugavpils |
2024 | Lublin |
Team honours | |
2023 | U21 World Team bronze |
2018, 2010, 2021 | U23 European Team bronze |
Ernest Matjuszonok (born 14 May 2002) is an international motorcycle speedway rider from Latvia. [1] [2] [3]
Matjuszonok came to prominence after reaching the final series of the 2018 Speedway Under-21 World Championship, aged just 16 [4] and winning his first silverware after securing a bronze medal at the European Junior Team Championships.
In 2020, he won another bronze medal at the 2020 Team Speedway Junior European Championship [5] and repeated his success of 2018 and 2020 by winning a third bronze medal during the 2021 European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship. [6] Matjuszonok finished in sixth place in the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship
He made his Speedway Grand Prix (World Championship) debut during the Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia as a track reserve in the 2023 Speedway Grand Prix. [7] Also in 2023, Matjuszonok won the bronze medal at the U21 World Team Championships at the 2023 Speedway of Nations 2.