Viktor Kalmykov is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.

Speedway career

Kalmykov reached the final of the

Speedway World Championship The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest-ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world, run under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first official champions ...

in the

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. 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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– 11th – 6pts

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. ...

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, ...

/ Anatoly Kuzmin) - 2nd - 21 + 7pts (5 + 3) * 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 / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 4th - 10pts

References

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