Oleg Anatolievich Kurguskin (born April 11, 1966 , Elista , USSR ) is a speedway racer, international-class master of sports , head coach of the Mega-Lada ( Togliatti ) club. Twelve-time champion of Russia in the team competition, four-time champion of Russia in the individual competition, three-time champion of Russia in the doubles, vice world champion in the Russian team, three times winner of the European Champions Cup.
| Oleg Kurguskin | ||
|---|---|---|
| Personal data | ||
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia | |
| Date of Birth | April 11, 1966 (53 years old) | |
| Place of Birth | Elista , Kalmyk ASSR , RSFSR , USSR | |
| Career | ||
| 1983-1991 |  Typhoon | |
| 1992-1993 |  Monolith | |
| 1994-2009 | Mega Lada | |
| 1999-2000 |  Spark | |
| 1999-2000 | Одódзь | |
| Personal victories | ||
| 1987 | Champion of the USSR (juniors) | |
| 1988 | Champion of the RSFSR (long track) | |
| 1991 | Champion of the USSR (long track) | |
| 1994, 1999, 2003, 2004 | Champion of Russia | |
| Team victories | ||
| 1989, 1991 | Champion of the USSR (long track) | |
| 1994-1996, 1998, 2001-2008 | Champion of Russia | |
| 2000, 2004, 2005 | Champion of Russia (pairs) | |
| 2002, 2003, 2005 | European Cup | |
| Awards and titles | ||
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Biography
The name of the rider was originally supposed to be written as “Kurguzskin”, however, the Elista passport office employees made a mistake when completing documents, skipping the letter “z” [1] .
In childhood, he was engaged in various sports: athletics, football, basketball, wrestling, swimming, tennis. At the age of 14 he got into the speedway section in his native Elista . At 16, he was taken as a junior to the local Typhoon team . The first coach is Vyacheslav Merkulov.
In 1987 he became the champion of the USSR among juniors. Since 1987 - in the national team at various international competitions. In 1989 and 1991 he became vice-champion of the USSR in the individual competition.
In 1992 he moved to the Circassian team “Monolith” , in 1994 - to the Togliatti team “Zhiguli” (later “Mega-Lada”), in which he won the national team championship twelve times and four times the personal one.
In 1996, he became vice world champion in the Russian national team.
Since 2003 - the head coach of the team, in 2003-2009. combined the positions of racer and coach.
In 2013, under the leadership of O. Kurguskin, Mega-Lada won the national championship for the thirteenth time.
In 1988 he married, wife Irina, son Anatoly, speedway judge of the first category.
Brother Evgeni Kurguzskin also took part in speedway competitions as part of Mega-Lada, and later as a team mechanic.
In addition to the cinder speedway, he took part in speedway racing on the grass and long track , the highest achievement was the 1998 European vice champion in track racing on the grass.
Average Results
| League | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (VL) / | ??? Typhoon | ??? Typhoon | - | 1,611 Typhoon | - | - | - | - | - | 2,700 Monolith |
| (1A) | - | - | - | - | ??? Typhoon | ??? Typhoon | ??? Typhoon | - | 2,500 Typhoon | - |
| (1B) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ??? Typhoon | - | - |
| League | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| 2,591 Monolith | 2,800 Lada | 2,625 Mega Lada | 2,568 Mega Lada | 2,054 Mega Lada | 2,267 Mega Lada | 2,667 Mega Lada | 2,588 Mega Lada | 2,250 Mega Lada | 2,583 Mega Lada | |
| (I) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2,106 Spark | 0.400 Одódзь | - |
| (Ii) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2,402 Spark | - | - | - |
| League | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 2,547 Mega Lada | 2,429 Mega Lada | 2,623 Mega Lada | 1,800 Mega Lada | 2,000 Mega Lada | 1,000 Mega Lada | 1,000 Mega Lada | - | - | - |
Achievements
In the USSR / Russia
| At international competitionsJunior Competition
Adult Competition
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Speedway on a Long Track and Grass
Progress:
- Russian Speedway Championship on the long track
- in the individual competition - 1 place (1988), 3 place (1990)
- USSR long track speedway championship
- in the individual competition - 1 place (1991), 2 place (1989, 1990)
- in the team event - 1 place (1989, 1991)
- Speedway World Championship Long Track
- in the individual competition - 10th place in ¼ finals (1991), 13th place in ½ finals (1993), 17th place (1994), 1 place in ½ finals, non-participation in the final (1995), 21st place (1997)
- Personal European Speedway Championship on the grass
- 1st place in ½ finals, non-participation in the finals (1992), 5th place in ½ finals (1994), 6th place in ½ finals (1995), 16th place (1996), 2nd place (1998) ,