| Valeri Klementiev | |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Birth Date: | 5 August 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Lipetsk, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | Zelenokumsk, Soviet Union |
| Career1: | Soviet Union |
| Career2: | Tbilisi |
| Years2: | 1968–1970 |
| Indivyear1: | 1969 |
| Indivhonour1: | Speedway World Championship finalist |
| Indivyear2: | 1969 |
| Indivhonour2: | European Champion |
| Indivyear3: | 1969 |
| Indivhonour3: | Soviet championship silver |
Valeri Klementiev (5 August 1946 – 7 April 1971) was an international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.[1] [2]
Klementiev became a European Champion, after winning the gold medal at the 1969 European Final. He also reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3]
Klemetiev won the silver medal at the Soviet Union championship in 1969[4] and also won the European final in 1969. He qualified for the European final and then the world final as part of the 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship.[5]
He was killed at a young age during a race on 7 April 1971 in Russia.[6]