Viktor Kalmykov

Soviet speedway rider

Viktor Kalmykov
BornSoviet Union
NationalitySoviet/Russian
Career history
Soviet Union
1966–1977Balakovo
Individual honours
1972Speedway World Championship finalist
1977Russian championship silver

Viktor Kalmykov is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.[1]

Speedway career

Kalmykov reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2] He was one of six Russians that competed in the 1972 World final after strong performances in the Continental final and European final.[3]

Kalmykov won the silver medal in the Russian national championship in 1977.[4]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

  • 1972 – England London, Wembley Stadium – 11th – 6pts[5]

World Team Cup

  • 1972 - West Germany Olching, (with Viktor Trofimov / Grigory Khlinovsky / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 2nd - 21 + 7pts (5 + 3)
  • 1974 - Poland Chorzów, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (with Valery Gordeev / Mikhail Krasnov / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 4th - 10pts

References

  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ "1972 World Championship results". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Russian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ^ "4-Timer Mauger". Sunday Mirror. 17 September 1972. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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