Ilya Nikolaevich Bondarenko () is a former Russian motorcycle speedway rider. He earned three caps for the Russia national speedway team.
Biography
Born 16 February 1982 in Togliatti,"Team Mega-Lada", mega-lada2002.narod.ru, retrieved 2011-03-27"Iliya Bondarenko ", Leicester Speedway, retrieved 2011-03-27 his brother Pavel is also a former speedway rider, and their uncle Anatoly Bondarenko was twice world ice speedway champion.
Bondarenko was a three-time youth champion of Russia in team and individual competition during 1997, 1998 and 1999 and first represented Russia in 2006."Bondarenko Bound for Beaumont Park ", Soar Magazine, 6 December 2010, retrieved 2011-03-27
Bondarenko was part of the Mega-Lada Togliatti team that dominated the Russian Team Speedway Championship from 2001 until 2008, winning eight consecutive league titles with the club. Bondarenko also spent four years racing in the Team Speedway Polish Championship from 2007 to 2010.
Bondarenko was twice the bronze medalist of the Russian Individual Speedway Championship in 2004 and 2009.
In 2011, Bondarenko rode for Leicester Lions in the British Premier League, where he spent the 2011 Premier League speedway season with fellow Russian Sergey Darkin.
See also Russia national speedway team
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