Igor Marko Explained

Igor Marko
Nationality:Soviet / Ukrainian
Birth Date:1965 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Rivne, Soviet Union
Career1:Opole
Years1:1996
Career2:Gdańsk
Years2:1997
Career3:Lublin
Years3:1998
Career4:Grudziądz
Years4:2002
Career5:Lviv
Years5:2004
Career6:Rivne
Years6:2005-06
Indivyear1:1986

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

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

European Under-21

Death

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

Notes and References

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