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Born | 11 November 1947 77) Rivne, Soviet Union | (age
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Nationality | Soviet / Ukrainian |
Individual honours | |
1972, 1973, 1974 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Team honours | |
1971, 1972 | World Team Cup silver |
1973 | World Team Cup bronze |
Grigory Alexandrovich Khlinovsky (born 11 November 1947) is a Ukrainian former international motorcycle speedway rider. He represented the Soviet Union.
Khlinovsky reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on three consecutive years, [1] in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship, [2] < 1973 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship. [3] He was one of six Russians that competed in the 1972 World final after strong performances in the Continental final and European final. [4]
In 1971, he was part of the Soviet team that secured the silver medal at the 1971 Speedway World Team Cup [5] [6] and a bronze at the 1973 Speedway World Team Cup. [7] He also competed in the 1974 world pairs final. [8]
He was the senior coach of "Signal" team (Rivne) (1982-1989). Under his leadership "Signal" became the champion of the USSR for three times in a row (1985-1987). He was the senior coach of KAMAZ (Rivne) in 1990 and Signal (Rivne) in 1991. He is the honored coach of Ukraine, referee of the national category.