Mattia Carpanese

Mattia Carpanese born (5 November 1985 in Padova, Italy) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Italy. He is six times National champion of Italy.

Career
Carpanese rode in the United Kingdom for the Workington Comets during the 2007 Premier League, and for the Birmingham Brummies in 2008.

Carpanese 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.

On 20 April 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.

World Championships

 * Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup)
 * 2005 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2 (1 point)
 * 2006 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2 (7 points)
 * 2007 - 3rd place in Qualifying round 2 (12 points)
 * 2009 - 3rd place in Qualifying round 1 (9 points)
 * 2010 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2 (11 points)
 * Individual U-21 World Championship
 * 2006 - 13th place (5 points)

European Championships

 * Individual European Championship
 * 2007 - 12th place in Qualifying Round 1 (4 points)
 * 2008 Final will be on 2008-08-23 (track reserve)
 * European Pairs Championship
 * 2004 - 7th place in Semi-Final 1 (1 point)
 * 2007 - 7th place (0 points)
 * 2009 - 3rd place in Semi-Final