Guennady Anatolyevich Moiseev (russian: Генна́дий Анато́льевич Моисе́ев; February 3, 1948 – July 23, 2017) was a

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former Grand Prix

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racer. He was a three-time 250cc motocross

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Motorcycle racing career

Moiseev was born in the

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district of the

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. He decided to take up the sport of motocross after witnessing the 1964 Motocross World Championship round held in Leningrad. In the same year, he was admitted to the motocross section of the Leningrad

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. He competed in his first world championship event in 1967 and won the Russian 250cc Motocross National Championship in 1970. He was the

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F.I.M. world champion in the 250cc class on a

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motorcycle. He reached the title in the last race, in the struggle with the other title contender Jaroslav Falta. In

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, he narrowly lost the 250 world championship by one point to

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despite a late season charge. He won two more 250 world championships in

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and

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, again while riding KTM motorcycles. In 1978 he was a member of the winning Russian team in the

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. Moiseev won a race for the last time in

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when friction developed between the USSR Motorcycling Federation and the KTM factory. As a result, KTM withdrew their support of the Russian team. Without competitive motorcycles, the Soviet team could no longer compete against the Western European and Japanese factory racing teams.

Later life

Moiseev, like many Soviet sports stars of his era, was enlisted in the Soviet Army, rising to the ranks of Major during his racing career. His extreme fitness combined with team tactics made him a fearsome competitor. After retiring from competition, Moiseev became a motocross coach. In 1977, Moiseev was awarded the

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and, in 1978 he was given the honorary title of " Honored Master of Sports." In December 2000, he was elected president of the Russian Motorcycle Federation. He died on July 23, 2017.Ушёл из жизни Геннадий Моисеев
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References

External links

Guennady Moiseev biography
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