- Mattia Carpanese
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Mattia Carpanese Personal information Nationality Italy Date of birth November 5, 1985 Place of birth Padova, Italy Current club information British league - Career history Workington Comets
Birmingham Brummies2007
2008Individual honours Italian Under-21 Champion 2004, 2005 Team honours None Mattia Carpanese born (5 November 1985 in Padova, Italy) is a speedway rider who, in 2007, rode in the UK for the Workington Comets who compete in the Premier League,[1] and for the Birmingham Brummies in 2008.[2]
Mattia finished runner-up in the Italian Championship in 2005. He was selected as a wild card for the 2006 and 2007 Italian Speedway Grand Prix.
He quit the Comets after a string of injuries on 30 August 2007.[3]
On April 20, 2008 it was announced that Carpanese had been signed by Birmingham Brummies as a short term replacement for injured rider James Birkinshaw but was released after twenty eight days.[4]
Contents
Speedway Grand Prix
2007 Speedway Grand Prix - 29th placeFinal Championship standings: 29th 2 Riding No (16) Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No 1 /11 Italian SGP 16 2 (0,2,M,F,0) 9 permanent speedway rider wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve rider not classified (track reserve who did not start) Honours
World Championships
- Individual U-21 World Championship
- 2006 - 13th place (5 points)
European Championships
See also
References and notes
- ^ Oakes, P (2006). Speedway Star Almanac. Pinegen Ltd. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0.
- ^ Bamford, Robert (2008). Methanol Press Speedway Yearbook 2008. Methanol Press. ISBN 978-0-9553103-5-5.
- ^ "Mattia leaves Workington". News and Star. 2007-08-30. Archived from the original on 2007-09-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20070907022237/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/viewarticle.aspx?id=536994. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- ^ "Brummies axe for carpanese". Birmingham Mail. 2008-05-13. http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/viewarticle.aspx?id=536994. Retrieved 2008-09-09.[dead link]
Birmingham Brummies Squad 2008 (British Premier League) Jason Lyons • Tomasz Piszcz • Jack Roberts • Kyle Legault • Craig Watson • James Cockle • Jay Herne
Manager: Graham Drury
Also Rode : Lee Smart • Henning Bager • Adam Roynon • Phil Morris • Jack Hargreaves • James Birkinshaw • Mattia CarpaneseWorkington Comets Squad 2007 (British Premier League) Kauko Nieminen • Mattia Carpanese • James Wright • Craig Branney • Ulrich Ostergaard • Charles Wright • John Branney
Manager: Tony Jackson
Also Rode: Carl Stonehewer • Kenneth Hansen • Jamie RobertsonCategories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- Italian speedway riders
- Workington Comets riders
- Individual U-21 World Championship
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