Valery Gordeev

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Valery Gordeev
Born (1952-08-28) 28 August 1952 (age 72)
Balakovo, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet
Career history
Soviet Union
1970–1989 Balakovo
Individual honours
1975, 1977, 1978
1986, 1987		 Soviet Champion
1971, 1977 Russian Champion
1973 Continental champion
1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976 Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1973 World Team Cup bronze

Valery Dmitrievich Gordeev (born 28 August 1952 in Balakovo, Soviet Union) [1] is a former Soviet international motorcycle speedway rider. [2]

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Career

Gordeev reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship five times in 1971, 1972, [3] 1973, [4] 1975 [5] and 1976. [6] He also won the Continental Speedway final in 1973. [7]

Gordeev won the Soviet Championship on five occasions in 1975, 1977, 1978, 1986 [8] and 1987 [9] and the Russian Championship twice, in 1971 and 1977. [10]

In 1973, he was part of the Soviet team that secured the bronze medal at the 1973 Speedway World Team Cup. [11]

Family

His older brother Vladimir Gordeev is also a former rider who reached the World Final on three occasions.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

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References

  1. ↑ Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN   0-904584-04-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "Watch young racer Ian go" . Reading Evening Post. 5 March 1977. Retrieved 5 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Fourth World title for Mauger" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 17 September 1972. Retrieved 6 April 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Unknown Pole wins crown from Mauger" . Newcastle Evening Chronicle. 3 September 1973. Retrieved 6 April 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Olsen-king of the track" . The People. 7 September 1975. Retrieved 6 April 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  7. ↑ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN   0-09-141751-1.
  8. ↑ "Russian ice race aces on the way" . Wolverhampton Express and Star. 29 November 1986. Retrieved 5 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Individual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Russian Individual Speedway Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "1973 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  12. ↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN   0-7524-2402-5
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