Igor Plekhanov

Igor Plekhanov
Born26 July 1933 (1933-07-26)
Died2 August 2007(2007-08-02) (aged 74)
Career history
Soviet Union
1959–1968Ufa
Individual honours
1964, 1965World Championship silver
1964Continental champion
1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968Soviet Champion
1960, 1961, 1962Russian champion

Igor Alexandrovich Plekhanov (Russian: Игорь Александрович Плеханов) (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

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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

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Individual World Championship

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World Team Cup

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References

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  1. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
  2. ^ "World Finals 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Barry Briggs new speedway champion". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 12 September 1964. Retrieved 6 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Knutson is Champ". The People. 19 September 1965. Retrieved 6 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Individual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Russian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Now it's from Russia with speed". Manchester Evening News. 15 May 1964. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Knutsson can beat them all". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 5 September 1964. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Igor and Boris lead the Reds". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 May 1965. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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