Michele Paco Castagna
Born4 March 1994 (1994-03-04) (age 29)
Arzignano, Italy
NationalityItalian
Career history
Great Britain
2015Sheffield
2016Ipswich
2019, 2021Birmingham
2022–2024Edinburgh
Denmark
2021Nordjysk
Individual honours
2017, 2018, 2022Italian Champion

Michele Paco Castagna (born 4 March 1994) is an international speedway rider from Italy.[1][2]

Speedway career

Castagna is three times Italian Champion, winning the Italian Individual Speedway Championship in 2017, 2018, and 2022.[3][4] He has also won the Italian Junior Championship three times (2011, 2012, 2014).[1] He has ridden in the British Speedway leagues since 2015, riding for various clubs. In 2019 and 2021 he rode for the Birmingham Brummies.[5]

In 2022, he rode for the Edinburgh Monarchs in the SGB Championship 2022.[6] He won his third Italian Individual Speedway Championship during 2022.[7]

In 2023 and 2024, he re-signed for the Monarchs for the SGB Championship 2023[8] and the SGB Championship 2024.[9]

Personal life

His father Armando Castagna was a professional speedway rider from 1985 to 2001 and was a 12 times national champion.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "PACO CASTAGNA". SpeedwayGP. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Italian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Austrii". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. 1 2 "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Italy". Speedway Star page 36. 24 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Paco back with Monarchs". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Paco in Monarchs return". British Speedway. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
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