Anatoly Kuzmin is a former international
speedway rider from the Soviet Union.
Speedway career
Kuzmin reached the final of the
Speedway World Championship
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in the
1972 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 27th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
The 1972 final attendance at Wembley Stadium was 75,000. New Zealander Ivan Mauger joined Barry Brig ...
. He was one of six Russians that competed in the 1972 World final after strong performances in the Continental final and European final.
World final appearances
Individual World Championship
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1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...
–
London
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,
Wembley Stadium
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– 12th – 4pts
World Pairs Championship
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
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Borås
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Geography
Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them th ...
(with
Vladimir Gordeev
Vladimir Gordeev (born 30 November 1950 in Georgia, Soviet Union)
is a former Soviet international speedway rider who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship three times but was disqualified in 1971 for using illegal fuel additives. ...
) - 4th - 20pts
World Team Cup
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1971 -
Wroclaw,
Olympic Stadium
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(with
Vladimir Smirnov /
Vladimir Gordeev
Vladimir Gordeev (born 30 November 1950 in Georgia, Soviet Union)
is a former Soviet international speedway rider who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship three times but was disqualified in 1971 for using illegal fuel additives. ...
/
Viktor Trofimov
Viktor Ivanovich Trofimov (russian: Виктор Иванович Трофимов) (22 March 1938 – 1 October 2013) is a former Soviet international speedway rider who reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1972 and 1975.
...
/
Grigory Khlinovsky
Grigory Khlinovsky is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.
Speedway career
Khlinovsky reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on three consecutive years, in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship, ...
) - 2nd - 22pts (3)
*
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...
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Olching
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Geography
Olching lies approximately halfway between Dachau ...
, (with
Viktor Trofimov
Viktor Ivanovich Trofimov (russian: Виктор Иванович Трофимов) (22 March 1938 – 1 October 2013) is a former Soviet international speedway rider who reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1972 and 1975.
...
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Grigory Khlinovsky
Grigory Khlinovsky is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.
Speedway career
Khlinovsky reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on three consecutive years, in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship, ...
/
Viktor Kalmykov
Viktor Kalmykov is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.
Speedway career
Kalmykov reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship. He was one of six Russians that co ...
) - 2nd - 21 + 7pts (6 +2)
*
1974 -
Chorzów,
Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (with
Valery Gordeev
Valery Gordeev (born 28 August 1952 in Balakovo, Soviet Union)
is a former Soviet international speedway rider who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship five times. His older brother Vladimir Gordeev is also a former rider who q ...
/
Mikhail Krasnov /
Viktor Kalmykov
Viktor Kalmykov is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.
Speedway career
Kalmykov reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship. He was one of six Russians that co ...
) - 4th - 10pts (0)
References
Russian speedway riders
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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