Cyril Maidment (1929-2004) was an international
speedway rider from England.
Speedway career
Maidment reached the final of the
Speedway World Championship
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on two occasions in the
1961 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 16th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
The final was held outside of Wembley and England for the first time when on the 15 September Ove Fundi ...
and the
1964 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 19th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
New Zealander Barry Briggs secured his third world title with a five race 15 point maximum. Igor Plekha ...
.
He rode in the
top tier of British Speedway from 1951 to 1968, riding for various clubs, winning the
National League
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on eight occasions.
World final appearances
Individual World Championship
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1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
–
Malmö
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,
Malmö Stadion
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- 12th - 4pts
*
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
–
Gothenburg
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,
Ullevi
Ullevi, sometimes known as Nya Ullevi (, ''New Ullevi''), is a multi-purpose stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then has also hosted the World Allround Speed Skating Championships six times; the ...
– 7th – 8pts
World Team Cup
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1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
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Slaný
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Administr ...
(with
Barry Briggs
Barry Briggs (born 30 December 1934) is a New Zealand former speedway rider.
Career
He won the World Individual Championship title four times – in 1957, 1958, 1964 and 1966.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedwa ...
/
Ronnie Moore
Ronald David Moore (born 29 January 1953) is an English football manager and former player. He has taken charge of several clubs including Rotherham United, Tranmere Rovers and Hartlepool United.
He played for many different clubs in a care ...
/
Peter Craven
Peter Theodore Craven
, fansite biography by Jim Blanchard. (accessed 12 July 2006). (21 June 1934 – 2 ...
/
Ron How
Ronald How (1929 – 2011) was an English international motorcycle speedway rider.
Career summary
How won seven Championships and six National Trophy wins in a 15-season career. He also rode in eight Speedway World Championships and won 44 ca ...
) - 2nd - 24pts (0)
References
1929 births
2004 deaths
British speedway riders
Belle Vue Aces riders
St Austell Gulls riders
Wimbledon Dons riders
Wolverhampton Wolves riders
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