Nikolay Krasnikov

Nikolay Krasnikov
Born(1985-02-04)4 February 1985
Ufa, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died16 June 2025(2025-06-16) (aged 40)
Kushnarenkovsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia
NationalityRussian
Individual honours
2005 2006
2007 2008
2009 2010
2011 2012		World Champion
Team honours
2004 2005
2006 2007
2008 2009
2010 2011
2012 2013
2015 2016		World Team Champion

Nikolay Olegovich Krasnikov (Russian: Николай Олегович Красников; 4 February 1985 – 16 June 2025) was a Russian twenty-time ice speedway world champion.

Career

After finishing third at the 2004 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship, Krasnikov won eight consecutive Individual Ice Speedway World Championship titles from 2005 until 2012, and twelve Team Ice Racing World Championship titles with Russia from 2004 until 2016. He is regarded as one of the leading ice speedway riders of all-time.

Death

Krasnikov died in a traffic collision in Kushnarenkovsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia, on 16 June 2025, at the age of 40.

References

  1. ↑ "World Ice Team Championships". Edinburgh Speedway.
  2. ↑ "Team Champions". eisspeedway. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ice Speedway World Championship Past Winners". Ice Speedway.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "World Ice Racing Championships". Edinburgh Speedway.
  5. ↑ "Inexplicable slowness". Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Ice speedway in St. Johann i. Pg". Mein Bezirk. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "EIGHTH WORLD CHAMPION TITLE FOR NIKOLAI KRASNIKOV !". Motul.
  8. ↑ "FIM ice Racing/ Speedway European & World Championships" (PDF). Motorsport Top 20. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "Interview with Nikolai Krasnikov 7 time world FIM Ice Racing champion". You Tube.
  10. ↑ Многократный чемпион мира по мотогонкам на льду погиб в Башкирии (in Russian)