Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)
| Born | 27 November 1949 Tomsk, Soviet Union |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Russian |
| Career history | |
| Soviet Union | |
| 1975–1982 | Novosibirsk |
| 1983–1986 | Kiev |
| Individual honours | |
| 1985 | Soviet Union champion |
| 1982 | Russian champion |
| 1985, 1986 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Viktor Kuznetsov (born 27 November 1949) is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.[1]
Speedway career
[edit]Kuznetsov won the Russian national championship in 1982.[2]
He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship[3] and the 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship.[4][5][6]
Kuznetsov was the champion of the Soviet Union, winning the title in 1985.[7]
World final appearances
[edit]Individual World Championship
[edit]- 1985 -
Bradford, Odsal Stadium - 15th - 2pts - 1986 -
Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 6th - 10pts
World Team Cup
[edit]- 1981 -
Olching, Speedway Stadion Olching (with Valery Gordeev / Mikhail Starostin / Nikolay Kornev / Anatoly Maksimov) - 4th - 3pts (2)
References
[edit]- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Russian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Aces saved by Halifax". Manchester Evening News. 3 August 1985. Retrieved 3 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Former Racer to miss out". Reading Evening Post. 23 October 1986. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Individual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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