Speedway World Under 21 Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2017 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
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| Sport | motorcycle speedway |
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| Founded | 1977 |
| No. of teams | 14 riders |
| Continent | World |
| Most recent champion(s) |
 POL Maksym Drabik (2017) |
| Most titles |
Individual - 2 titles: AUS Darcy Ward RUS Emil SayfutdinovTeam - 8 titles: Poland
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| Related competitions |
Team Championship |
The Individual Speedway Junior World Championship (usually referred to as the Speedway World Under 21 Championship) is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the (FIM) since 1977. The current (2016) World Champion is Max Fricke from Australia.
Emil Sayfutdinov from Russia (2007 and 2008) and Darcy Ward from Australia (2009 and 2010) are the only double U-21 World Champions.
Per Jonsson from Sweden (1985), Gary Havelock from Great Britain (1987) and Jason Crump from Australia (1995) are (as of 2016) the only Under-21 World Champions who have gone on to win the Individual Speedway World Championship. Jonsson won the World Championship in 1990, Havelock won in 1992 while Crump won the championship in 2004, 2006 and 2009.
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