Renat Zaytunovich Gafurov () (born 8 October 1982Świat Żużla, No 1 (74) / 2008, pages 34-35, Świat Żużla, No 2 (75) / 2008, page 24, ) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Russia. He earned 16 caps for the Russia national speedway team.
Career After representing Russia in the 2003 Speedway World Cup, Gafurov won the silver medal with Simon Vlasov and Siergiej Filiushin at the 2004 European Pairs Speedway Championship in Debrecen, Hungary.
Gafurov began his British leagues career when he signed for Oxford Silver Machine during the 2005 Elite League speedway season but only rode in three fixtures, although he did represent Russia again the 2005 World Cup.
Gafurov came to prominence after winning the Russian national championship in 2006. He also enjoyed a better season in Britain with the Swindon Robins.
In 2009, Gafurov secured a second Russian national title and also won the 2009 Individual European Championship.
In 2011, Gafurov won 2011 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup with Vostok Vladivostok and returned to the British Leagues with Poole Pirates. In 2012, he signed for Belle Vue Aces.
Honours Speedway World Cup 2003 - 8th place (5th place in Race-off 2004 - 7th place (4th place in Event 1 2007 - 6th place (4th place in Race-off 2008 - 6th place (4th place in Race-off Individual European Championship 2004 - Holsted - 7th place (8 points) 2005 - Lonigo - 6th place (10 points) 2007 - 11th place in Semi-Final A 2009 - Tolyatti - European Champion (13 pts + 1st) Individual U-19 European Championship 2000 - Ljubljana - 8th place (8 points) 2001 - Pardubice - 16th place (1 point) European Pairs Championship 2004 - Debrecen - Silver medal (13 points) 2007 - Terenzano - Bronze medal (12 points) 2008 - Natschbach-Loipersbach - Bronze medal (13 points) European Club Champions' Cup 2001 - Daugavpils - Silver medal (4 points) 2009 - Toruń - 3rd place (11 pts) Vladivostok
See also Russia national speedway team
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