Gabdrakhman Kadyrov

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| name = Gabdrakhman Kadyrov

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1941|1|27}}

| birth_place = Shatura, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|7|31|1941|1|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Sochi, Russia

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| career1 = Bashkortostan

| years1 = 1967-69

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| indivyear1 = 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973

| indivhonour1 = Ice World Champion

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| teamyear1 = 1967

| teamhonour1 = Speedway World Team Cup bronze medal

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Gabdrakhman Kadyrov (27 January 1941 - 31 July 1993) was an international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.{{cite web |url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/eg4team.htm|title=INTERNATIONALS - EAST GERMANY|website=International Speedway|access-date=13 July 2021}} His nationality was described as being a Tatar and his mother came from Bashkortostan but he was born in Shatura.{{cite web |url=https://daveriley.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/4/5/4845046/1965-07-12_exeter_speedway_county_ground_stadium_church_rd__west_of_england_v_soviet_russia_.pdf|title=West of England vs Soviet Russia Exeter Falcons Official Programme 12 July 1965|website=Dave Riley|access-date=13 July 2021}}

Speedway career

Kadyrov was one of the all-time great Ice Speedway riders. He won the inaugural Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in 1966 and went on to be the champion of the world six times in total, after winning again in 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972 and 1973.{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980|pages=99|publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fim-moto.com/en/sports/view/fim-ice-speedway-world-championship-4526|title=Ice Speedway World Championship Past Winners|publisher=FIM}}{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=The A-Z of Sport|year=2004|page=522|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}

He won a silver medal at the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1967 Speedway World Team Cup.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html|title=World Team Cup 1960-1990|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=13 July 2021}} He was known as Gab and earned the nickname 'The Beatle' by his fellow Soviet riders because of his hair cut resembling The Beatles at the time. He was a metal craftsman by trade. 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}} In 1965 he toured the United Kingdom as part of the Soviet Union national team again.{{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 World Championship =

1966 - {{flagicon|USSR}} 2 rounds - 1st - 43pts
1967 - {{flagicon|USSR}} 3 rounds - 5th - 39pts
1968 - {{flagicon|USSR}} 2 rounds - 1st - 54pts
1969 - {{flagicon|FRG}} Inzell - 1st - 14pts
1970 - {{flagicon|SWE}} Nässjö - 2nd - 14pts
1971 - {{flagicon|FRG}} Inzell - 1st - 29pts
1972 - {{flagicon|SWE}} Nässjö - 1st - 15pts
1973 - {{flagicon|FRG}} Inzell - 1st - 29pts
1974 - {{flagicon|SWE}} Nässjö - 3rd - 13pts

= World Team Cup =

1967 - {{flagicon|SWE}} Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Igor Plekhanov / Boris Samorodov / Viktor Trofimov / Farid Szajnurov) - 3rd= - 19pts (2)

References

Category:1941 births

Category:Russian speedway riders

Category:1993 deaths

Category:Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast

Category:Soviet Union speedway riders

Category:Tatar sportspeople