Mattia Carpanese born (5 November 1985 in Padua, Italy) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Italy. He is six times National champion of Italy.
Career Carpanese rode in the United Kingdom for the Workington Comets during the 2007 Premier League, and for the Birmingham Brummies in 2008.
Carpanese finished runner-up in the Italian Championship in 2005. He was selected as a wild card for the 2006 and 2007 Italian Speedway Grand Prix. He quit the Comets after a string of injuries on 30 August 2007.
On 20 April 2008, it was announced that Carpanese had been signed by Birmingham Brummies as a short term replacement for injured rider James Birkinshaw but was released after twenty eight days.
Speedway Grand Prix
Honours
World Championships Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup) 2005 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2 (1 point) 2006 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2 (7 points) 2007 - 3rd place in Qualifying round 2 (12 points) 2009 - 3rd place in Qualifying round 1 (9 points) 2010 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2 (11 points) Individual U-21 World Championship 2006 - 13th place (5 points)
European Championships Individual European Championship 2007 - 12th place in Qualifying Round 1 (4 points) 2008 Final will be on 2008-08-23 (track reserve) European Pairs Championship 2004 - 7th place in Semi-Final 1 (1 point) 2007 - 7th place (0 points) 2009 - 3rd place in Semi-Final
See also Italy national speedway team List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
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