Grigory Laguta

Grigory Grigorievich Laguta (born April 9, 1984 ) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Russia. He is a six-times champion of Russia.

Career
Laguta is a six-time Russian Champion winning the title in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022 and 2023.

Laguta previously held two speedway licences: Russian (MFR) and Latvian (LaMSF). This allowed him to become a four times champion of Latvia.

In 2017, he was suspended for two years for a doping violation after having used meldonium. However, he later returned and in 2023, won his sixth Russian national title, which took him to just one win behind the Mikhail Starostin in the all-time list of winners.

Family
His brother Artem Laguta is also a speedway rider, who was the 2021 world champion.

Honours

 * Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix)
 * 2006 - 32nd place (0 points in 1 GP)
 * 2007 - 20th place (8 points in 1 GP)
 * Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup)
 * 2008 - Semi-Final 1 will be on 12 July 2008
 * European Club Champions' Cup
 * 2006 🇵🇱 Tarnów - 4th place (5 points)
 * 2007 - 2nd place in Semi-Final 2 (13 points)
 * 2008 🇨🇿 Slaný - The Final will be on 6 September 2008 (12 pts in Semi-Final)
 * Individual Latvian Championship
 * 2008 Daugavpils - Latvian Champion