Igor Plekhanov Explained

Igor Plekhanov
Birth Date: 26 July 1933
Career1:Soviet Union
Career2:Ufa
Years2:1959–1968
Indivyear1:1964
Indivhonour1:Continental champion
Indivyear2:1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968
Indivhonour2:Soviet Champion
Indivyear3:1960, 1961, 1962
Indivhonour3:Russian 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

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]

He later coached the Soviet Union national speedway team from 1970 until 1972.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

External links

Notes and References

  1. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.
  2. Web site: World Finals 1936-1994. Speedway Researcher. 6 April 2024.
  3. News: Barry Briggs new speedway champion . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 12 September 1964. 6 April 2024 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  4. News: Knutson is Champ . The People . 19 September 1965 . 6 April 2024 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  5. Web site: Individual USRR Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego . 6 April 2024.
  6. Web site: Russian Individual Speedway Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego . 9 April 2024.