Valery Gordeev Explained

Valery Gordeev
Nationality:Soviet
Birth Date:28 August 1952
Birth Place:Balakovo, Soviet Union
Career1:Soviet Union
Years2:1970–1989
Career2:Balakovo
Indivyear1:1975, 1977, 1978
1986, 1987
Indivhonour1:Soviet Champion
Indivyear2:1971, 1977
Indivhonour2:Russian Champion
Indivyear3:1973
Indivhonour3:Continental champion
Indivyear4:1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
Indivhonour4:Speedway World Championship finalist
Teamyear1:1973
Teamhonour1:World Team Cup bronze

Valery Dmitrievich Gordeev (born 28 August 1952 in Balakovo, Soviet Union)[1] is a former Soviet international motorcycle speedway rider.

Career

Gordeev reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship five times in 1971, 1972,[2] 1973,[3] 1975[4] and 1976.[5] He also won the Continental Speedway final in 1973.[6]

Gordeev won the Soviet Championship on five occasions in 1975, 1977, 1978, 1986 and 1987[7] and the Russian Championship twice, in 1971 and 1977.[8]

In 1973, he was part of the Soviet team that secured the bronze medal at the 1973 Speedway World Team Cup.[9]

Family

His older brother Vladimir Gordeev is also a former rider who reached the World Final on three occasions.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

Notes and References

  1. Book: Oakes, Peter . Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE . Ivan Mauger . Who's Who of World Speedway . Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd . 1976 . 0-904584-04-6 .
  2. News: Fourth World title for Mauger . Birmingham Weekly Mercury . 17 September 1972 . 6 April 2024 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  3. News: Unknown Pole wins crown from Mauger . Newcastle Evening Chronicle . 3 September 1973 . 6 April 2024. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  4. News: Olsen-king of the track . The People . 7 September 1975 . 6 April 2024 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  5. Web site: WORLD FINALS 1936-1994. Speedway Researcher. 6 April 2024.
  6. Book: Bott, Richard. The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. 1980. 101. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. 0-09-141751-1.
  7. Web site: Individual USRR Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego . 6 April 2024.
  8. Web site: Russian Individual Speedway Championship . Speedway History . 23 January 2023.
  9. Web site: 1973 WORLD TEAM CUP. International Speedway. 6 April 2024.
  10. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.