World final appearances
World Team Cup
- 1965 -
Kempten (with Yuri Chekranov / Igor Plekhanov / Gennady Kurilenko / Viktor Trofimov) - 4th - 7pts (2)
| Nationality | Soviet Union (Ukrainian) [1] |
|---|---|
| Career history | |
| Soviet Union | |
| 1959–1962 | Ufa |
| 1963–1969 | Salavat |
| Team honours | |
| 1965 | Speedway World Team Cup finalist |
Vladimir Sokolov is a former international speedway rider from the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. [1] [2] [3]
Sokolov reached the final of the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1965 Speedway World Team Cup. [4] [5]
Sokolov twice won the bronze medal at the Soviet Union championship in 1965 and 1966. [6]
In 1965 he toured the United Kingdom as part of the Soviet Union national team, it was only the second ever tour of the UK by the Soviet Union. [7]
Kempten (with Yuri Chekranov / Igor Plekhanov / Gennady Kurilenko / Viktor Trofimov) - 4th - 7pts (2)
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