Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)
{{Short description|Soviet speedway rider}}
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{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Viktor Kuznetsov
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| nationality = Russian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|11|27}}
| birth_place = Tomsk, Soviet Union
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| career1 = Soviet Union
| career2 = Novosibirsk
| years2 = 1975–1982
| career3 = Kiev
| years3 = 1983–1986
| indivyear1 = 1985
| indivhonour1 = Soviet Union champion
| indivyear2 = 1982
| indivhonour2 = Russian champion
| indivyear3 = 1985, 1986
| indivhonour3 = Speedway World Championship finalist
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Viktor Kuznetsov (born 27 November 1949) is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinal_k|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}
Speedway career
Kuznetsov won the Russian national championship in 1982.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmrosji.php |title=Russian Individual Speedway Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego |access-date=9 April 2024}}
He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19850803/009/0009 |title=Aces saved by Halifax |website=Manchester Evening News |date=3 August 1985 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 September 2024}} and the 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19861023/345/0020 |title=Former Racer to miss out |website=Reading Evening Post |date=23 October 1986 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=World Speedway finals|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=10 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/933/1985-world-final-odsal-stadium|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=10 July 2021}}
Kuznetsov was the champion of the Soviet Union, winning the title in 1985.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmzsrr.php |title=Individual USRR Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego |access-date=6 April 2024}}
World final appearances
=Individual World Championship=
- 1985 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} Bradford, Odsal Stadium - 15th - 2pts
- 1986 - {{Flagicon|POL}} Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 6th - 10pts
=World Team Cup=
- 1981 - {{Flagicon|FRG}} Olching, Speedway Stadion Olching (with Valery Gordeev / Mikhail Starostin / Nikolay Kornev / Anatoly Maksimov) - 4th - 3pts (2)
References
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Category:Soviet Union speedway riders
Category:Russian speedway riders
Category:Sportspeople from Tomsk
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