Andrey Kudriashov

Kudriashov came to prominence in 2009, after he won the under-19 Russian Championship, scoring a 15 points maximum.^[5] The same year, Kudryashov finished third at the individual Under-21 Russian Championship, scoring 12 points.^[6]

On 3 September 2009, Kudryashov started in the motoAllegro Szlaka Piastowska, individual meeting in Poznań, Poland, finishing 15th.^[7] This was the prelude to his career in the Team Speedway Polish Championship, when he signed for Wanda Kraków for the 2010 Polish speedway season.^[2]

It was also in 2010 that Kudriashov started in the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification and in qualifying round four scored 7 points to qualify for the race-off before being eliminated. He also participated in the 2010 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship in Gdańsk, Poland and qualified for the semi-final, held on 26 June in Landshut, Germany and the 2010 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship finishing 7th in the semi-final in Rawicz, Poland.

In 2011, his career really took off when he won the Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship with teammates Artem Laguta, Vitaly Belousov, Ilya Chalov and Vladimir Borodulin, which was held at his home track at the Trud Stadium in Balakovo.^[8]

Kudriashov won the Russian national championship in 2015. He went on to win the national title on three more occasions in 2017, 2018 and 2019.^[9]

In early 2023, Kudriashov was forced to retire after being diagnosed with an aggressive skin cancer^[10] and sold his speedway equipment in order to support his family.^[11] Later in May 2023, he underwent a leg amputation as doctors attempted to stop the spread of the cancer. He died the following year, on 18 May 2024, at the age of 32.^[12]

• Russia national under-21 speedway team (under-19)