Anatoly Kuzmin (speedway rider)
| Born | 3 March 1950 Ufa, Bashkortostan, Soviet Union |
|---|---|
| Died | 7 January 1978 (aged 27) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Career history | |
| Soviet Union | |
| 1968 | Ufa |
| 1969–1988 | Daugavpils |
| Individual honours | |
| 1972 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
| 1972 | Soviet championship bronze |
| Team honours | |
| 1971 | World Cup silver |
Anatoly Kuzmin (3 March 1950 – 7 January 1978) was a Soviet international speedway rider.[1]
Speedway career
[edit]Kuzmin 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][4]
When Kuzmin was drafted into the army in 1969, he moved to Daugavpils and became part of the Lokomotiv Daugavpils team from 1969 to 1988. He won the Latvian Championship in 1976 and 1977.[5] He also won the bronze medal at the Soviet Union championship in 1972.[6]
Kuzmin died in a car accident on 7 January 1978.[citation needed]
World final appearances
[edit]Individual World Championship
[edit]- 1972 –
London, Wembley Stadium – 12th – 4pts[7]
World Pairs Championship
[edit]- 1973 -
Borås (with Vladimir Gordeev) - 4th - 20pts
World Team Cup
[edit]- 1971 -
Wroclaw, Olympic Stadium (with Vladimir Smirnov / Vladimir Gordeev / Viktor Trofimov / Grigory Khlinovsky) - 2nd - 22pts (3) - 1972 -
Olching, (with Viktor Trofimov / Grigory Khlinovsky / Viktor Kalmykov) - 2nd - 21 + 7pts (6 +2) - 1974 - Chorzów, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (with Valery Gordeev / Mikhail Krasnov / Viktor Kalmykov) - 4th - 10pts (0)
References
[edit]- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "1972 World Championship results". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Fourth world title for Mauger". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 17 September 1972. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The city on the Dvina River is saturated with speedway". Polsat Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Individual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "4-Timer Mauger". Sunday Mirror. 17 September 1972. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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