Andrea Maida

Andrea Maida

Born	23 March 1964 (age 50) Loreo (Rovigo)
Nickname	Straky
Nationality	Italy
Website	http://www.andrea-maida.com
Current club information
Career status	Retired (2012)
Career history
Terenzano (ITA) Krsko (SVN)

Andrea Maida^[1] (born 23 March 1964 in Loreo, Rovigo Italy) is a former Italian motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of Italy's national team.

Early life

As a child prior to Speedway he started practicing skating achieving several wins in provincial and regional championships. Looking for more excitement, he devotes himself to karate gaining a brilliant third place in the Italian championship. The love for bikes without brakes begins back in 1973 when he was 9 years old and he has his first encounter with this particular motoring.^[2]

Career details

• Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
  • 1994 - 4th place in Group A
  • 1999 - 2nd place in Quarter-Final A
  • 2000 - 4th place in Semi-Final B
  • 2001 - 3rd place in Preliminary round 1
  • 2003 - 11th place
  • 2004 - 7th place
  • 2007 - 3rd place in Qualifying round 2
  • 2008 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2
• Individual European Championship
  • 2003 - Slaný - 16th place (1 pt)
• European Pairs Championship
  • 200 - 6th place in Semi-Final 1
  • 2005 - Gdańsk - 6th place (3 pts)
  • 2007 - Terenzano - 7th place (10 pts)
• European Club Champions' Cup
  • 1999 - qualify to Group A
  • 2007 - 2nd place in Semi-Final 1

See also

• Italy national speedway team

References

1. www.lubusports.pl. Retrieved on 10 March 2009
2. "International Speedway Racer" (in Italian). www.andrea-maida.com. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

External links

• Official Website