Emil Damirovich Sayfutdinov (Russian: Эмиль Дамирович Сайфутдинов; born 26 October 1989) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Russia.

In international competitions he started in the Individual U-19 European Championship and won qualification to the final but was too young to take part.

In September, he finished the year on a high, becoming the World Under-21 Champion for the first time with a 15-point maximum score, breaking the track record twice during the meeting.

He also rode in Sweden for Masarna again and in Russia for Mega-Lada Togliatti, winning the league championship title again.

Sayfutdinov qualified for the final which he won, making him the youngest ever rider to win a Grand Prix.

He ended the World Championship with the bronze medal, winning 3 Grand Prix in his first season at the sport's premier competition.

[3] Sayfutdinov with Denis Gizatullin and Andrey Kudryashov was won Pairs Russia Cup for Turbina Balakovo.

After injury, he returned in the Swedish Grand Prix in Malilla but crashed and broke his arm once again, which ended his season.

[6] In 2014, an injury and financial costs forced Emil Sayfutdinov to withdraw from Speedway Grand Prix series.

He repeated the European success the following season in 2015, before returning to the World Championship (Grand Prix series in 2017.

He was able to ride for Ipswich by virtue of having a Polish licence and dual citizenship and therefore overcoming the ban on Russian riders.

[12] His parents are Tatar father Damir and Russian mother Tamara; his brother, Denis (born 2 June 1981) is also a speedway rider.