Sport motorcycle speedway No. of teams 14 riders Most recent
champion(s) AUS Max Fricke (2016) | Founded 1977 Continent World | |
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Most titles Individual - 2 titles:
AUS Darcy Ward
RUS Emil Sayfutdinov
Team - 8 titles:
Poland | ||
The Individual Speedway Junior World Championship (usually referred to as the Speedway World Under 21 Championship) is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) since 1977. The current (2016) World Champion is Max Fricke from Australia.
Contents
Emil Sayfutdinov from Russia (2007 and 2008) and Darcy Ward from Australia (2009 and 2010) are the only double U-21 World Champions.
Per Jonsson from Sweden (1985), Gary Havelock from Great Britain (1987) and Jason Crump from Australia (1995) are (as of 2016) the only Under-21 World Champions who have gone on to win the Individual Speedway World Championship. Jonsson won the World Championship in 1990, Havelock won in 1992 while Crump won the championship in 2004, 2006 and 2009.
Championship History
Between 1977 and 1987 the Championship was the called Individual Speedway Junior European Championship (European Speedway Under 21 Championship), open only to European riders. In 1979, the Championship allowed riders from other continents to compete, but was renamed to the Speedway World Under 21 Championship in 1988.
A new competition was named Individual Speedway Junior European Championship was founded by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) in 1998, only open to European competitors.
Age Limits
The minimum age of a rider to compete is 16 years of age (starting on the date of the rider's birthday). The maximum age is 21 years of age (finishing at the end of the year in which the rider celebrates his 21st birthday).