Viktor Kalmykov Explained

Viktor Kalmykov
Nationality:	Soviet/Russian
Birth Place:	Soviet Union
Career1:	Soviet Union
Career2:	Balakovo
Years2:	1966–1977
Indivyear1:	1972
Indivhonour1:	Speedway World Championship finalist
Indivyear2:	1977
Indivhonour2:	Russian championship silver

Viktor Kalmykov is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.^[1]

Speedway career

Kalmykov 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]

Kalmykov won the silver medal in the Russian national championship in 1977.^[4]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1972 – London, Wembley Stadium – 11th – 6pts^[5]

World Team Cup

• 1972 - Olching, (with Viktor Trofimov / Grigory Khlinovsky / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 2nd - 21 + 7pts (5 + 3)
• 1974 - Chorzów, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (with Valery Gordeev / Mikhail Krasnov / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 4th - 10pts

Notes and References

1. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 9 July 2021.
2. Web site: World Speedway finals. Speedway Researcher. 9 July 2021.
3. Web site: 1972 World Championship results. Speedway.org. 9 July 2021.
4. Web site: Russian Individual Speedway Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego . 9 April 2024.
5. News: 4-Timer Mauger . Sunday Mirror . 17 September 1972 . 9 July 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .