Anatoly Kuzmin | |
Nationality: | Russian |
Birth Place: | Ufa, Bashkortostan, Soviet Union |
Career1: | Soviet Union |
Career2: | Ufa |
Years2: | 1968 |
Career3: | Daugavpils |
Years3: | 1969–1988 |
Indivyear1: | 1972 |
Indivhonour1: | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Indivyear2: | 1972 |
Indivhonour2: | Soviet championship bronze |
Teamyear1: | 1971 |
Teamhonour1: | World Cup silver |
Anatoly Kuzmin (3 March 1950 – 7 January 1978) was a Soviet international speedway rider.[1]
Kuzmin reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2] He was one of six Russians that competed in the 1972 World final after strong performances in the Continental final and European final.[3] [4]
When Kuzmin was drafted into the army in 1969, he moved to Daugavpils and became part of the Lokomotiv Daugavpils team from 1969 to 1988. He won the Latvian Championship in 1976 and 1977.[5] He also won the bronze medal at the Soviet Union championship in 1972.[6]
Kuzmin died in a car accident on 7 January 1978.