Kai Laukkanen
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Kai Laukkanen is a Finland
motorcycle speedway
rider who rode in 2004 Speedway Grand Prix
. Laukkanen won bronze medal in 2005 Individual Speedway European Championship.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
rider who rode in 2004 Speedway Grand Prix
2004 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix season is the tenth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion.-Event format:The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes...
. Laukkanen won bronze medal in 2005 Individual Speedway European Championship.
World Championships
- Individual World Championship and Speedway Grand PrixSpeedway Grand PrixSpeedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. As of 2008, all of the events take place in Europe.- Event format :...
- 20022002 Speedway Grand PrixThe 2002 Speedway Grand Prix season is the eighth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion.- Event format :The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes...
- 28th place (6 pts in one event) - 20042004 Speedway Grand PrixThe 2004 Speedway Grand Prix season is the tenth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion.-Event format:The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes...
- 20th place (25 pts) - 20072007 Speedway Grand PrixThe 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season was the thirteenth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and was used to determine the Speedway World Champion...
- 23rd place (5 pts in three events)
- 2002
- Team World Championship (Speedway World Team CupSpeedway World Team CupThe Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001.-Format:From 1960 until 1985 each team consisted of four riders and a reserve...
and Speedway World CupSpeedway World CupThe Speedway World Cup is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was in 2001 and it replaced the old World Team Cup competition.-Format:...
)- 19951995 Speedway World Team Cup-Group C - Venue : Togliatti, Russia:Ukraine and Latvia to Group B-Group B - Venue : Krsko, Slovenia:Norway and Ukraine to Group A. Igor Marko beat Gerhard Lekse in a race off for second place.-Group A - Venue : Pocking , Germany:...
- 7th place in Group B - 20002000 Speedway World Team Cup-Venue : Blijham, Holland:Norway to Semi-Final-Venue : Lonigo, Italy:Italy to Semi-Final-Venue : Częstochowa, Poland:Sweden to World Final-Venue : Landshut, Germany:USA to World Final-Venue : Coventry, England:...
- 2nd place in Quarter-Final A - 20012001 Speedway World CupThe 2001 Speedway World Cup was the 1st FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 7 July 2008 in Wrocław, Poland. The tournament was won by Australia and they beat host team Poland , Sweden , Denmark and United States in the Final.-Qualification:The two group winners and runners-up...
- 9th place - 20022002 Speedway World CupThe 2002 Speedway World Cup was the 2nd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on August 10, 2002 in Peterborough, Great Britain...
- 8th place - 20032003 Speedway World CupThe 2003 Speedway World Cup was the 3rd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on August 9, 2003 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by Sweden and they beat Australia , host team Denmark and Poland , Great Britain in the Final.- Qualification :* Qualifying round* 2003-05-11...
- 7th place - 20062006 Speedway World CupThe 2006 Speedway World Cup was the 6th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on July 22, 2006 in the Smallmead Stadium in Reading, Berkshire, Great Britain. The tournament was won by Denmark and they beat Sweden , host team Great Britain and Australia in the Final...
- 7th place - 20072007 Speedway World CupThe 2007 Speedway World Cup was the 7th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on July 21, 2007 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. The tournament was won by host team Poland and they beat defending champion Denmark , Australia and Great Britain in the...
- 8th place - 20092009 Speedway World CupThe 2009 FIM Speedway World Cup is the ninth FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 19 July 2009 in Leszno, Poland. The current World Champions are Denmark who won the 2008 final in Vojens, Denmark...
- 3rd place in Qualifying round 2
- 1995
- Individual U-21 World ChampionshipIndividual Speedway Junior World ChampionshipThe Individual Speedway Junior World Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation since 1977...
- 19951995 Individual Speedway Junior World ChampionshipThe 1995 Individual Speedway Junior World ChampionshipWorld Champion Jason Crump get qualification to 1996 Speedway Grand Prix.-World final:*August 5, 1995 Tampere...
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TampereTampereTampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
- 5th place (12 pts) - 19961996 Individual Speedway Junior World ChampionshipThe 1996 Individual Speedway Junior World ChampionshipWorld Champion Piotr Protasiewicz get qualification to 1997 Speedway Grand Prix.-World final:*August 4, 1996 Olching* Referee: Christer Bergström * Spectators: about 3000...
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OlchingOlchingOlching is a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km northwest of Munich.-Geography:...
- 9th place (7 pts)
- 1995
European Championships
- Individual European ChampionshipIndividual Speedway European ChampionshipThe Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the European Motorcycle Union since 2001.The minimum age of a rider to compete is 16 years of age ....
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LonigoLonigoLonigo is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16.000 inhabitants.In its frazione of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani, a Renaissance patrician villa designed by Andrea Palladio, which is part of a World Heritage Site...
- 3rd place (12 pts)
- 2005 -
- European Pairs ChampionshipEuropean Pairs Speedway ChampionshipThe European Pairs Speedway Championship is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries organized by the European Motorcycle Union since 2004.-Team composition:...
- 20062006 European Pairs Speedway ChampionshipThe 2006 European Pairs Speedway Championship.-Race format:-Rivne :-Lonigo :-Final:...
- Finland Withdrew from Final - 20072007 European Pairs Speedway ChampionshipThe 2007 European Pairs Speedway Championship.-Natschbach :-Debrecen :-Final:...
- Terenzano - 4th place (16 pts) - 20082008 European Pairs Speedway ChampionshipThe 2008 European Pairs Speedway Championship.Czech Republic are the defending European champion.- Calendar :- Rules :*Semi-Final 1: 3 pairs will qualify to the Final*Semi-Final 2: 3 pairs will qualify to the Final...
- 5th place in Semi-Final 2
- 2006