{{Short description|Ukrainian speedway rider}} {{distinguish|Anatoly Karpov}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | image = | name = Andriy Karpov | nationality = Ukrainian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|1|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Ukraine
| career1 = '''Poland''' | years2 = 2004 | career2 = [[Lviv Speedway|Lviv]] | years3 =2005 | career3 = [[Rivne Speedway|Rivne]] | years4 = 2006 | career4 = [[Stal Rzeszów (motorcycle speedway)|Rzeszów]] | years5 =2007–2008 | career5 = [[Wybrzeże Gdańsk|Gdańsk]] | years6 = 2009–2011 | career6 = [[ŻKS ROW Rybnik|Rybnik]] | years7 = 2012–2014 | career7 = [[GKM Grudziądz|Grudziądz]] | years8 = 2015 | career8 = [[Kraków Speedway|Kraków]] | years9 = 2016–2017 | career9 = [[Falubaz Zielona Góra|Zielona Góra]] | years10 = 2019–2020 | career10 = [[Wilki Krosno|Krosno]] | career15 = '''Sweden''' | years16 = 2017 | career16= [[Smederna]] | career21 = '''Denmark''' | career22 = [[Holstebro Speedway Klub|Holstebro]] | years22 = 2009–2016 | career23 = [[Region Varde Elitesport|Region Varde]] | years23 = 2018–2019
| indivyear1 = 2009 | indivhonour1 = [[Individual Speedway European Championship|European Championship]] silver | indivyear2 = 2010, 2012 | indivhonour2 = [[Individual Speedway European Championship|European Championship]] bronze | indivyear3 = [[2006 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship|2006]] | indivhonour3 = [[European Under-19 Individual Speedway Championship|European Junior Championship]] silver | teamyear1 = [[2012 European Pairs Speedway Championship|2012]] | teamhonour1 = [[European Pairs Speedway Championship|European Pairs champion]] }}
'''Andriy Karpov''' (born 16 January 1987) also spelt '''Andriej Karpov''' is a [[motorcycle speedway]] rider from Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedweek.com/steckbrief/466/Andriy-Karpov.html |title=Andriy Karpov |website=Speed Week |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=PSD>{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/andrey-karpov/ |title=Andrey Karpov Ukraina |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fim-moto.com/fr/actualites/detail-dune-actualite/article/fim-speedway-of-nations-star-studded-squads-names-for-new-era-of-fim-speedway-of-nations |title=Speedway of Nations star studded squads names for new era of FIM speedway of nations |website=FIM |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref>
== Career == Karpov came to prominence when competing the Polish leagues, initially for the Ukrainian teams in [[Polish Speedway Second League]] but then in the [[Ekstraliga (speedway)|Ekstraliga]] for [[Stal Rzeszów (motorcycle speedway)|Rzeszów]] in [[2006 Polish speedway season|2006]].<ref name=PSD/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://speedwayekstraliga.pl/en/rider/74/?y=2017 |title=ANDRIY KARPOV |website=Speedway Ekstraliga |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref>
It was during [[2006 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship|2006]] that he won a silver medal at the [[European Under-19 Individual Speedway Championship|European Individual Speedway Junior Championship]]. He quickly gained full international caps for the [[Ukraine national speedway team]] and represented them in the [[European Pairs Speedway Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/mepar.php|title=European Pairs Speedway Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref>
Karpov reached the final of the [[2008 Speedway Under-21 World Championship]] and started competing in the [[Individual Speedway European Championship|Individual European Championship]], where he won a silver medal at the [[2009 Individual Speedway European Championship]]. He won further medals by winning bronze in [[2010 Individual Speedway European Championship|2010]] and [[2012 Speedway European Championship|2012]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://speedwayeuro.com/en/inside_sec_history.html |title=History |website=Speedway Euro |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref>
He stood as a qualified substitute for the [[2011 Speedway Grand Prix]] (the World Championship) after reaching the Grand Prix Challenge final during the [[2011 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/speedway/8346131.speedway-result-laguta-wins-gp-challenge-as-jonasson-and-stead-fall-short/ |title= Laguta wins GP Challenge as Jonasson and Stead fall short |website=Swindon Advertiser |access-date=5 September 2024 }}</ref> He also started racing in the [[Danish Speedway League]].
His finest moment arrived after he won the gold medal at the [[2012 European Pairs Speedway Championship]], where he partnered [[Aleksandr Loktaev]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/mepar.php|title=European Pairs Speedway Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref> In 2017, he signed for [[Smederna]] in the [[Swedish Speedway Team Championship|Swedish league]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.salaallehanda.com/artikel/trots-forlusten-smedernas-andrej-karpov-nojd-med-premiaren-superspeedway/ |title=Trots förlusten – Smedernas Andrej Karpov nöjd med premiären: "Superspeedway" |website=Sala Allehanda |access-date=5 September 2024 }}</ref>
He has represented Ukraine three times in the World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygp.com/index_son |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311103801/http://www.speedwaygp.com/index_son |url-status=usurped |archive-date=11 March 2018 |title=2018 Speedway of Nations |publisher=SGP | access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref> He was also named in the 2022 World Cup squad.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/speedway/2022-fim-speedway-of-nations-squads-announced-ahead-of-july-27-start-date_sto9035867/story.shtml |title=FIM Speedway of Nations 2022: Squads Announced |publisher=Eurosport | access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref>
==Results== ===World team Championships=== *[[2012 Speedway World Cup]] - qualifying round *[[2013 Speedway World Cup]] - qualifying round *[[2018 Speedway of Nations]] - race off 1
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