Valery Gordeev

Valery Gordeev

Born	(1952-08-28) 28 August 1952 (age 72) Balakovo, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet
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]

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]

In 1977, Cradley Heathens made an attempt to sign the Gordeev brothers but despite the difficulties involved in gaining clearance to race in England. ^[12]

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

• 1972 - London, Wembley Stadium - 16th - 2pts
• 1973 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 8th - 7pts
• 1975 - London, Wembley Stadium - 13th - 4pts
• 1976 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 15th - 1pt ^[13]

World Team Cup

• 1973 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Vladimir Paznikov / Grigory Khlinovsky / Viktor Trofimov / Aleksandr Pavlov) - 3rd - 20pts (7)
• 1974 - , Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Vladimir Paznikov / Mikhail Krasnov / Viktor Kalmykov / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 4th - 10pts (4)
• 1975 – Norden, Motodrom Halbemond (with Vladimir Gordeev / Grigory Khlinovsky / Viktor Trofimov) – 2nd – 29pts (8)
• 1976 - London, White City Stadium (with Viktor Trofimov / Grigory Khlinovsky / Vladimir Gordeev / Vladimir Paznikov) - 4th - 11pts (5)
• 1981 - Olching, Speedway Stadion Olching (with Mikhail Starostin / Viktor Kuznetsov / Nikolay Kornev / Anatoly Maksimov) - 4th - 3pts (0)

References

1. Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN   0-904584-04-6.
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. "Watch young racer Ian go" . Reading Evening Post. 5 March 1977. Retrieved 25 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
13. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN   0-7524-2402-5