Igor Plekhanov
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Igor Alexandrovich Plekhanov (Template:Langx; 26 July 1933 in Ufa, Russian SFSR – 2 August 2007) was a Soviet speedway rider who finished second in the Speedway World Championship in 1964 and 1965.[1]
History
Plekhanov was the first Soviet rider to appear in a Speedway World Championship world final during the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2] He would go on to finish runner-up in the world championship in both 1964[3] and in 1965, when he defeated four times champion Ove Fundin in the silver medal run-off.[4]
Plekhanov was a five-times Soviet Champion in 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965 and 1968[5] Additionally, he won the first three editions of the Russian national championship from 1960 to 1962.[6] In 1964, he was part of the Soviet Union team that toured Britain for the first time.[7] and later that year he reached his third world final; the 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship held on 11 September at the Ullevi in Sweden.[8] He captained the national team the following year in 1965 as part of the Soviet Union national team.[9]
He later coached the Soviet Union national speedway team from 1970 until 1972.
World Final appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1961 - Template:Flagicon Malmö, Malmö Stadion - 13th - 4pts
- 1962 - Template:Flagicon London, Wembley Stadium - 10th - 7pts
- 1964 - Template:Flagicon Gothenburg, Ullevi - 2nd - 13pts
- 1965 - Template:Flagicon London, Wembley Stadium - 2nd - 13pts
- 1966 - Template:Flagicon Göteborg, Ullevi - 8th - 8pts
- 1967 - Template:Flagicon London, Wembley Stadium - 4th - 12pts
- 1968 - Template:Flagicon Göteborg, Ullevi - Reserve - Did not ride
World Team Cup
- 1964 - Template:Flagicon Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Boris Samorodov / Gennady Kurilenko / Yuri Chekranov) - 2nd - 25pts (8)
- 1965 - Template:Flagicon Kempten (with Yuri Chekranov / Gennady Kurilenko / Vladimir Sokolov / Viktor Trofimov) - 4th - 7pts (1)
- 1966 - Template:Flagicon Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Viktor Trofimov / Boris Samorodov / Farid Szajnurov) - 2nd - 25pts (6)
- 1967 - Template:Flagicon Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Boris Samorodov / Gabdrakhman Kadyrov / Viktor Trofimov / Farid Szajnurov) - 3rd= - 19pts (9)
References
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- ↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Template:ISBN
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