Vladimir Zapleshny

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Vladimir Zapleshny
BornSoviet Union
NationalityRussian
Career history
Soviet Union
1968–1975 Vladivostok
Individual honours
1973 Speedway World Championship finalist
1972 Soviet championship silver

Vladimir Zapleshny is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union. [1]

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Speedway career

Zapleshny reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1973 Individual Speedway World Championship. [2] He was one of four Russians that competed in the 1973 World final after strong performances in the Continental final and European final. During the 1973 Continental final he took the bronze medal and remarkably was one of the seven Russians that took the first seven places. [3]

Zapleshny won the silver medal at the Soviet Union championship in 1972. [4]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

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References

  1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. "Unknown Pole wins crown from Mauger" . Newcastle Evening Chronicle. 3 September 1973. Retrieved 9 July 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Indvidual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  5. "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  6. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.