Viktor Trofimov Explained

Viktor Trofimov
Nationality:Soviet
Birth Date: 22 March 1938
Birth Place:Leningrad, Soviet Union
Death Place:Rivne, Ukraine
Career1:Soviet Union
Career2:Rivne
Years2:1967–1979
Indivyear1:1972, 1975
Indivhonour1:Speedway World Championship finalist
Indivyear2:1972
Indivhonour2:Continental champion
Indivyear3:1967
Indivhonour3:Soviet Champion
Teamyear1:1966, 1971, 1972, 1975
Teamhonour1:World Team Cup silver

Viktor Ivanovich Trofimov (Russian: Виктор Иванович Трофимов) (22 March 1938  - 1 October 2013)[1] was a Soviet international speedway rider.

Career

Trofimov born in Leningrad, Soviet Union.[2] reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1972[3] and 1975.[4]

He also finished on the rostrum of the World Team Cup nine times between 1965 and 1976 but never won a gold medal. He achieved four silver (1966, 1971, 1972, 1975) and three bronze (1967, 1969, 1973) medals.

Trofimov was the champion of the Soviet Union, winning the title in 1967.[5] He won the Continental Speedway final in 1972.[6]

In the speedway team championship of the USSR he rode for 18 years for the team Rivne and won two bronze medals. His first race was on 30 April 1960 and last was on 15 October 1995. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Trofimov remained in the Ukraine and his son Vladimir Trofimov and grandson Viktor Trofimov Jr. would both go on to represent the Ukraine national speedway team.

In September 2011, a book was published about the sports career of Viktor Trofimov titled English "RADUGA" Viktor Trofimov.[7]

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. Book: Bamford. R. . Shailes. G.. 2004. A History of the World Speedway Championship. Tempus Publishing (Stroud). 0-7524-2402-5.
  3. News: Fourth World title for Mauger . Birmingham Weekly Mercury . 17 September 1972 . 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: Individual USRR Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego . 6 April 2024.
  6. Book: Bott, Richard. The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. 1980. 100. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. 0-09-141751-1.
  7. Book: English "RADUGA" Viktor Trofimov . Ovid (Rivne) Ltd . 2011 . 978-966-8179-66-2 .