Valeri Klementiev (died 1971) was an international speedway rider from the

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Speedway career

Klementiev became a European Champion, after winning the gold medal at the 1969 European Final. He also reached the final of the

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in the

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. He was killed at a young age during a race in May 1971 in Russia.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

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– 13th – 4pts *

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- Wroclaw,

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- 6th - 8pts

World Team Cup

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(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. ...

/ Vladimir Smirnov /

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/ Yury Dubinin) - 3rd - 23pts (5)

References

1971 deaths Year of birth missing Russian speedway riders {{Speedway-stub

Speedway career

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

See also

References