Andrejs Koroļevs (born 30 July 1969Świat Żużla, No 1 (73) / 2008, pages 44-45, ) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Latvia. Since 1996, he raced on a Polish licence after gaining Polish citizenship and was known as Andrzej Korolew. He is a five-time champion of Latvia.
Career Koroļevs won his first national championship in 1991, the same year in which the restoration of independence of Latvia took place. he had previously competed in the Soviet Union Individual Speedway Championship.
Koroļevs won the title four more times in 1995, 1997, 2000 and 2001. He is regarded as the Latvian rider who paved the way for a new group of riders emerging from the country.
Speedway Grand Prix results
Honours World Championships Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix) 2006 - 34th place (0 points) Individual U-21 World Championship 1990 - Lviv - track reserve (3 points) Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup) 2003 - 3rd place in Qualifying round 2008 - 3rd place in Qualifying Round 1
European Championships European Pairs Championship 2005 - Gdańsk - 7th place (2 points) European Club Champions' Cup 2001 - Daugavpils - Bronze medal (10 points) 2002 - Pardubice - 5th place (3 points) 2006 - Tarnów - 4th place (4 points) 2008 - Slaný - 4th place (6 points)
See also Latvia national speedway team List of Speedway Grand Prix riders Speedway in Poland
References
External links (ru) Lokomotive Daugavpils website