Aleksandr Loktaev
{{Short description|Ukrainian speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Aleksandr Loktaev
| image =
| nationality = Ukrainian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|1|10}}
| birth_place = Balakovo, Russia
| career1 = Russia
| years2 = 2009
| career2 = Balakovo
| years3 = 2011
| career3 = Togliatt
| career6 = Poland
| years7 = 2010, 2012, 2014-2016
| career7 = Zielona Góra
| years8 = 2011
| career8 = Rybnik
| years9 = 2013
| career9 = Bydgoszcz
| years10 = 2017–2018, 2020–2021
| career10 = Łódź
| years11 = 2019
| career11 = Ostrów
| years12 = 2023–2024
| career12 = Poznań
| career14 = Denmark
| years15 = 2010–2013
| career15 = Holstebro
| years16 = 2019
| career16 = Fjelsted
| years17 = 2021
| career17 = Region Varde
| career21 = Sweden
| years22 = 2013
| career22 = Hammarby
| years23 = 2014
| career23 = Dackarna
| years24 = 2019
| career24 = Masarna
| years25 = 2021
| career25 = Smederna
}}
Aleksandr Dmitrievich Loktaev or Oleksandr Lokatev ({{Langx|uk|Олександр Локтаєв}}, born 10 January 1994)Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2010, pages 12-13 {{ISSN|1429-3285}} is a motorcycle speedway rider from Ukraine.{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/aleksandr-loktaev/ |title=Aleksandr Loktaev Rosja |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=10 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://gazetalubuska.pl/tag/aleksandr-loktaev |title=Aleksandr loktaev - artykuły |website=Gazeta Lubuska |access-date=5 September 2024 }}
Career
Loktaev first rode in Poland for Falubaz Zielona Góra in the 2010 Polish speedway season. In 2010, he qualified for the 2010 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship Semi-Final One but one week before the Semi-Final, Loktaev was injured in a Danish Speedway League match between Holstebro and Vojens. He was replaced by track reserve Simon Nielsen.{{cite web | title = Nielsen za Łoktajewa, Rosjanin wyszedł ze szpitala | language = Polish | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2010-06-24 | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2010/06/24/nielsen-za-loktajewa-rosjanin-wyszedl-ze-szpitala/ | accessdate = 2010-06-24 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100701221725/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2010/06/24/nielsen-za-loktajewa-rosjanin-wyszedl-ze-szpitala/| archivedate= 1 July 2010 | url-status= live}}
In 2011, he represented Ukraine national speedway team during the 2011 Speedway World Cup Qualification and then competed in two more World Cups in 2012 and 2013. He was also part of Ukraine team that returned to the international stage to compete in the 2018 Speedway of Nations and has since ridden in the 2021 Speedway of Nations.
He had ridden in Poland every year since 2010, with the exception of 2022. For the 2023 season he joined PSŻ Poznań.
In 2024, Loktaev was unable to join his Swedish team Vetlanda because he was stuck in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite web |url=https://www.svt.se/sport/speedway/vetlandaforaren-gommer-sig-i-ukraina-maten-borjar-ta-slut |title=Vetlanda driver hides in Ukraine: "Food is running out" |website=SVT Nyheter |access-date=5 September 2024 }}
Results
= World team Championships =
- 2011 Speedway World Cup - qualification round
- 2012 Speedway World Cup - qualification round
- 2013 Speedway World Cup - qualification round
- 2018 Speedway of Nations - Race off
- 2021 Speedway of Nations - 2nd semi final
= U-21 World Championship =
- 2010 World U21 Championships - injured before the Semi-Final One
= Domestic competitions =
- Team Polish Championship (Polish league)
- 2010 - for Zielona Góra
- Individual Under-21 Russian Championship
- 2009 - {{flagicon|RUS}} Tolyatti - Runner-up (14 pts){{cite web | title = Laguta z tytułem MIMR | language = Polish | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2009-09-01 | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2009/09/01/laguta-z-tytulem-mimr/ | accessdate = 2010-05-27 }}
- Individual Under-21 Ukrainian Championship
- 2009 - three events - 4th placed (23 pts in two events only){{cite web | title = Loktajew bez medalu. Cukanow najlepszym juniorem Ukrainy | language = Polish | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2010-04-29 | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2010/04/29/loktajew-bez-medalu-cukanow-najlepszym-juniorem-ukrainy/ | accessdate = 2010-05-27 }}