Valentino Furlanetto
{{Short description|Italian speedway rider (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Valentino Furlanetto
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| nationality = Italian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|5|11}}
| birth_place = Lonigo, Italy
| death_date =
| death_place =
| career1 = Great Britain
| career2 = Sheffield Tigers
| years2 = 1988
| indivyear1 = 1987, 1989
| indivhonour1 = Italian champion
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| indivhonour2 =
| teamyear1 = 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992
| teamhonour1 = Speedway World Pairs Championship finalist
}}
Valentino Furlanetto (born 11 May 1965) is a former international speedway rider from Italy.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1008/valentino-furlanetto|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=11 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://grasstrackgb.co.uk/valentino-furlanetto/|title=Valentino Furlanetto|website=Grasstrack GB|access-date=11 July 2021}}
Speedway career
Furlanetto reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship six times from 1986 until 1992.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html|title=World Pairs Championship 1968-1993|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=11 July 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19880730/026/0026 |title=Great Danes set for title hat trick |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=30 July 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 August 2024}}
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1988, riding for Sheffield Tigers{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19880309/029/0029 |title=Just One Furlanetto |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=9 March 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}} He was the 1987 and 1989 Italian champion. but struggled to impress and lost his place in the Sheffield team in June.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19880630/073/0073 |title=Aces aim to make amends |work=Manchester Evening News |date=9 March 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 August 2024}}
World Final appearances
=World Pairs Championship=
- 1986 - {{Flagicon|FRG}} Pocking, Rottalstadion (with Armando Castagna) - 8th - 15pts
- 1987 - {{flagicon|CSK}} Pardubice, Svítkov Stadion (with Armando Castagna) - 8th - 18pts
- 1988 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} Bradford, Odsal Stadium (with Armando Castagna) - 7th - 21pts
- 1989 - {{flagicon|POL}} Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium (with Armando Dal Chiele) - 8th - 15pts
- 1991 - {{flagicon|POL}} Poznań, Olimpia Poznań Stadium (with Armando Castagna / Fabrizio Vesprini) - 6th - 10pts
- 1992 - {{Flagicon|ITA}} Lonigo, Pista Speedway (with Armando Castagna / Armando Dal Chiele) - 4th - 18pts
=Ice World Championship=
References
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Category:Italian speedway riders
Category:Sheffield Tigers riders
Category:Italian expatriate speedway riders in England
Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Vicenza
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