Boris Samorodov
{{Short description|Soviet speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Boris Samorodov
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| nationality = Russian
| birth_date = 26 September 1931{{cite web |url=https://eisspeedway.blogspot.com/2016/02/in-memory-of-boris-samorodov.html|title=In Memory Of Boris Samorodov|website=Eis Speedway|access-date=8 July 2021}}
| birth_place = Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Soviet Union
| death_date = 13 February 2016 (aged 84)
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| career1 = Soviet Union
| career2 = Ufa
| years2 = 1960–1967
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| years3 =
| indivyear1 = 1967
| indivhonour1 =Ice World Champion
| indivyear2 = 1963, 1964
| indivhonour2 = Speedway World Championship finalist
| indivyear3 = 1962, 1964
| indivhonour3 = Soviet Champion
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Boris Alexandrovich Samorodov (1931-2016) was an international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinal_s|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=8 July 2021}}
Speedway career
Samorodov became a World Champion after winning the gold medal at the 1967 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship. He also reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=World Speedway finals|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=8 July 2021}}{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=The A-Z of Sport|year=2004|page=529|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}
Samorodov was twice the champion of the Soviet Union, winning the title in 1962 and 1964.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmzsrr.php |title=Individual USRR Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego |access-date=6 April 2024}} In 1964, he was part of the Soviet Union team that toured Britain for the first time{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004984/19640515/030/0030 |title=Now it's from Russia with speed |website=Manchester Evening News |date=15 May 1964 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2024}} and later that year he reached his second world final, after reaching the final of the 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship, on 11 September, which was held at the Ullevi in Sweden.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19640905/458/0036 |title=Knutsson can beat them all |website=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=5 September 1964 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2024}} He finished fourth just missing out on the podium. In 1965 he toured the United Kingdom again as part of the Soviet Union national team.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19650515/450/0037 |title=Igor and Boris lead the Reds |website=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=15 May 1965 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2024}}
World final appearances
= Individual Ice Speedway World Championship =
= Individual World Championship =
- 1963 – {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium – 4th – 11pts
- 1964 - {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg, Ullevi - 4th - 11pts
=World Team Cup=
- 1964 - {{Flagicon|FRG}} Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Igor Plekhanov / Gennady Kurilenko / Yuri Chekranov) - 2nd - 25pts (3)
- 1966 - {{Flagicon|POL}} Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Viktor Trofimov / Igor Plekhanov / Farid Szajnurov) - 2nd - 25pts (10)
- 1967 - {{flagicon|SWE}} Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Igor Plekhanov / Gabdrakhman Kadyrov / Viktor Trofimov / Farid Szajnurov) - 3rd= - 19pts (3)
References
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Category:Soviet Union speedway riders
Category:Russian speedway riders
Category:Sportspeople from Yaroslavl Oblast
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