Miguel Oliveira

Miguel Oliveira is a Portuguese professional motorcycle racer, born on 4 January 1995, who competes in the Superbike World Championship for BMW Motorrad. His father, a former racer, gave him a quad bike at the age of four, and he won the Portuguese MiniGP Championship in 2005. After a runner-up finish to Maverick Viñales in the 2010 Spanish championship he became the first full-time Portuguese rider in the world championship, in the 125cc class in 2011. In Moto3 he finished runner-up in 2015 with Red Bull KTM Ajo, and at the 2015 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix he took the first World Championship victory for a Portuguese rider. He was runner-up in the 2018 Moto2 World Championship, then rode in MotoGP for Red Bull KTM Tech3, where he won the team's first race, and for Prima Pramac Yamaha.