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Igor Marko

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Igor Marko
Born(1965-06-29)29 June 1965
Rivne, Soviet Union
Died16 November 2006(2006-11-16) (aged 41)
NationalitySoviet / Ukrainian
Career history
1996Opole
1997Gdańsk
1998Lublin
2002Grudziądz
2004Lviv
2005-06Rivne
Individual honours
1986European Junior Champion

Igor Marko (1965–2006) was an international speedway rider from the Soviet Union and Ukraine. He rode under the Soviet Union flag until the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.[1][2]

Speedway career

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Marko competed in Britain during 1986 in the Telford ice international,[3] he was the European junior champion at the time.[4]

Marko won the gold medal at the Individual Speedway Junior European Championship in the 1986 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship.[5][6]

He toured the United Kingdom in 1990 as part of the Russia national team.[7]

European final appearances

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European Under-21

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Death

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Marko was killed in a street robbery in Rivne, Ukraine, on 16 November 2006.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "ISSUE 55 (March-April 2013)". Retro Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Pobili go na śmierć. Ostatni medal w życiu wywalczył z Polakiem". Przeglad Sportowy. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Former Racer to miss out". Reading Evening Post. 23 October 1986. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Russian ice race aces on the way". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 29 November 1986. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "European Under 21 Championship 1977-1987". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  6. ^ "1986". Speedway.org. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  7. ^ "The Russians are coming". Peterborough Herald & Post. 26 April 1990. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "In Memoriam". Speedway in memoriam. Retrieved 16 July 2021.