Viktor Trofimov
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Viktor Ivanovich Trofimov (Template:Langx) (22 March 1938 – 1 October 2013)[1] was a Soviet international speedway rider.
Career
Trofimov born in Leningrad, Soviet Union.[2] reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1972[3] and 1975.[4]
He also finished on the rostrum of the World Team Cup nine times between 1965 and 1976 but never won a gold medal. He achieved four silver (1966, 1971,[5] 1972, 1975)[6] and three bronze (1967, 1969, 1973) medals. In 1965 he toured the United Kingdom as part of the Soviet Union national team, it was only the second ever tour of the UK by the Soviet Union.[7]
Trofimov was the champion of the Soviet Union, winning the title in 1967.[8] He won the Continental Speedway final in 1972.[9]
In the speedway team championship of the USSR he rode for 18 years for the team Rivne and won two bronze medals. His first race was on 30 April 1960 and last was on 15 October 1995. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Trofimov remained in Ukraine and his son Vladimir Trofimov and grandson Viktor Trofimov Jr. would both go on to represent the Ukraine national speedway team. He toured the United Kingdom with the Soviet team in 1976.[10]
In September 2011, a book was published about the sports career of Viktor Trofimov titled English "RADUGA" Viktor Trofimov.[11]
World Final appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1972 - Template:Flagicon London, Wembley Stadium - 9th - 6pts
- 1975 - Template:Flagicon London, Wembley Stadium - 8th - 8pts
World Team Cup
- 1965 - Template:Flagicon Kempten (with Yuri Chekranov / Gennady Kurilenko / Vladimir Sokolov / Igor Plekhanov) - 4th - 7pts (0)
- 1966 - Template:Flagicon Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Boris Samorodov / Igor Plekhanov / Farid Szajnurov) - 2nd - 25pts (6)
- 1967 - Template:Flagicon Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Igor Plekhanov / Boris Samorodov / Farid Szajnurov) - 3rd= - 19pts (4)
- 1969 - Template:Flagicon Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Gennady Kurilenko / Vladimir Smirnov / Valeri Klementiev / Yury Dubinin) - 3rd - 23pts (0)
- 1971 - Template:Flagicon Wroclaw, Olympic Stadium (with Grigory Khlinovsky / Vladimir Gordeev / Vladimir Smirnov / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 2nd - 22pts - Reserve -
- 1972 - Template:Flagicon Olching, (with Anatoly Kuzmin / Grigory Khlinovsky / Viktor Kalmykov) - 2nd - 21 + 7 pts (5 + 1)
- 1973 - Template:Flagicon London, Wembley Stadium (with Aleksandr Pavlov / Vladimir Gordeev / Vladimir Paznikov / Grigory Khlinovsky) - 3rd - 20pts (2)
- 1975 - Template:Flagicon Norden, Motodrom Halbemond (with Vladimir Gordeev / Valery Gordeev / Grigory Khlinovsky) – 2nd – 29pts (8)
- 1976 - Template:Flagicon London, White City Stadium (with Valery Gordeev / Grigory Khlinovsky / Vladimir Gordeev) - 4th - 11pts (0)
* 1967 - No run-off was held for 3rd place. Bronze medals were awarded to both Great Britain and Soviet Union
References
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