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| Born | 11 November 1947 (age 76) Rivne, Soviet Union |
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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 former international motorcycle speedway rider from the Soviet Union. [1]
Khlinovsky reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on three consecutive years, in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship, 1973 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1974 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]
In 1973, he was part of the Soviet team that secured the bronze medal at the 1973 Speedway World Team Cup. [4]
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.
London, Wembley Stadium – 13th – 4pts [5] 
Chorzów, Silesian Stadium – 5th – 10pts
Gothenburg, Ullevi – 10th – 6pts Manchester, Hyde Road (with Vladimir Gordeev) – 6th – 10pts Wroclaw, Olympic Stadium (with Vladimir Smirnov / Vladimir Gordeev / Viktor Trofimov / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 2nd - 22pts (8)
Olching, (with Anatoly Kuzmin / Viktor Trofimov / Viktor Kalmykov) - 2nd - 21 + 7 pts (5 + 1) London, Wembley Stadium (with Vladimir Paznikov / Valery Gordeev / Viktor Trofimov / Aleksandr Pavlov) - 3rd - 20pts (7) London, White City Stadium (with Viktor Trofimov / Valery Gordeev / Vladimir Gordeev / Vladimir Paznikov) - 4th - 11pts (2)
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