Roman Povazhny

Roman Alexandrovich Povazhny (Russian: Поважный, Роман Александрович; born October 23, 1976 ) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider and a former champion of Russia.

Career
Povazhny won the Russian national championship in 2001.

He started his British leagues career with Eastbourne Eagles and would ride with them for four seasons in 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2007.

He gained Polish citizenship in 2004 and retired in 2013.

World Championships

 * Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix)
 * 2003 - 29th place (6 points in 2 GPs)
 * 2005 - 25th place (4 points in 1 GP)
 * Individual Under-21 World Championship
 * 1997 - 🇨🇿 Mšeno - 4th place (10 points)
 * Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
 * 1993 - 3rd place in Group D for (13 points)
 * 1993 - started in Group B only (4 points)
 * 1997 - 🇵🇱 Piła - 6th place (7 points)
 * 1998 - 3rd place in Group A (12 points)
 * ''2000 - 3rd place in Quarter-Final 1 (13 points)
 * 2001 - 8th place (5 points in Race-Off)
 * 2002 - 9th place (8 points in Event 3)
 * 2003 - 8th place (8 points in Race-Off)
 * 2007 - started in Qualifying Round 2 only (12 points)

Note: In 1993 he started for Slovenia

European Championships

 * Individual European Championship
 * 2001 - 🇧🇪 Heusden Zolder - 7th place (8 points)
 * 2002 - 🇵🇱 Rybnik - 6th place (9 points)
 * European Pairs Championship
 * 2008 - 🇦🇹 Natschbach-Loipersbach - Bronze medal (8 points)
 * European Club Champions' Cup
 * 1998 - started in Group A only (15 points)
 * 2004 - 🇸🇮 Ljubljana - Silver medal for Mega-Lada Togliatti (16 points)
 * 2009 - 🇵🇱 Toruń - 3rd place (5 pts) Vladivostok

Domestic competitions

 * Individual Polish Championship
 * 2008 - 6th place in Semi-Final 2
 * Polish Golden Helmet
 * 2008 - 🇵🇱 Wrocław - 5th place (8 points)