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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, [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.
London, Wembley Stadium – 13th – 4pts [9] 
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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