Nicolas Vicentin
{{Short description|Italian motorcycle speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Nicolas Vicentin
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| nationality = Italian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|5|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Italy
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| career1 = Italy
| career2 = MC Lonigo
| years2 = 2024
| teamyear1 = 2016
| teamhonour1 = European Pairs Speedway Championship
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Nicolas Vicentin (born 2 May 1994) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Italy. He has earned multiple international caps for the Italy national speedway team and has competed for them at the Speedway World Cup.{{cite web |url=https://speedwaynews.pl/zawodnicy/nicolas-vicentin/ |title=Nicolas Vicentin |website=Speedway News |date=January 2022 |access-date=24 April 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.zuzelend.com/zaw,474,nicolas-vicentin |title=Nicolas Vicentin |website=Zuzelend |access-date=24 April 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ilgiornaledivicenza.it/argomenti/sport/altri-sport/nicolas-vicentin-la-mia-nuova-squadra-con-i-fan-della-derapata-e-sogno-un-bis-europeo-1.10667894 |title=Nicolas Vicentin: «La mia nuova squadra con i fan della derapata. E sogno un bis europeo» |website=ilgiornaledivicenza |access-date=24 April 2024}}
Biography
Vicentin, came to prominence as a 17-year-old, when representing Italy during the 2011 European Pairs Speedway Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/mepar.php|title=European Pairs Speedway Championship|website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=24 April 2024}}
He has continued to represent Italy and recorded his best success in 2016, after he won the gold medal with Nico Covatti during the 2016 European Pairs Speedway Championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.fim-europe.com/european-pairs-speedway-championship-final-at-riga-latvia/|title=European Pairs Speedway Championship final at Riga |website=FIM|date=14 August 2016 |access-date=24 April 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fim-europe.eu/events/264|title=Final|website=FIM|access-date=24 April 2024}}
Vicentin is an eight-time medalist of the Italian Individual Speedway Championship : silver (2013) and seven times bronze (2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023).{{cite web |url=http://speedwayfansite.com/champs/itaim.html |title=European Pairs Speedway Championship|website=Speedway Fansite |access-date=24 April 2024}} In addition, he is a two-time silver medalist of the Italian Youth Championships (2011, 2012) and a bronze medalist of the Italian Pairs Championships (2012). He also competed in the final of the Speedway Under-21 World Championship from 2012 to 2015.
He represented Italy during the 2024 Speedway of Nations.{{cite web|url=https://cumbriacrack.com/2024/06/29/antti-vuolas-called-up-for-finland-in-speedway-of-nations/ |title=Antti Vuolas called up for Finland in Speedway of Nations |website=Cumbria Crack |access-date=22 August 2024}}
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