Vladimir Paznikov
{{Short description|Soviet speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| image =
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| name= Vladimir Paznikov
| nationality = Soviet
| birth_date = {{birth date text|1 December 1949}}
| birth_place = Novosibirsk, Soviet Union
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|5|31|1949|12|1|df=y}}
| death_place = Novosibirsk, Russia
| career1 = Soviet Union
| years2 = 1970–1978
| career2 = Novosibirsk
| indivyear1 = 1972
| indivhonour1 = Soviet Champion
| indivyear2 = 1973
| indivhonour2 = World finalist
| teamyear1 = 1973
| teamhonour1 = World Team Cup bronze
}}
Vladimir Vasilievich Paznikov (1 December 1949 - 31 May 2008){{cite book | last1 = Oakes | first1 = Peter |last2=Mauger |first2=Ivan |authorlink2=Ivan Mauger | title = Who's Who of World Speedway | publisher = Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd | year = 1976 | isbn = 0-904584-04-6 }}[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kp.ru%2Fdaily%2F24108%2F333144%2F kp.ru] retrieved 22nd Sept 2010 was an international Motorcycle speedway rider who rode for the Soviet Union national speedway team and was an accomplished ice speedway rider.{{cite web |url=https://motorsporttop20.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/10.-Ice-Racing-Speedway.pdf |title=FIM ice Racing/ Speedway European & World Championships |website=Motorsport Top 20 |access-date=5 September 2024 }}
Career
Paznikov reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1973.{{cite news |title=Unknown Pole wins crown from Mauger |work=Newcastle Evening Chronicle |date=3 September 1973 |access-date=6 April 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000726/19730903/190/0023| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
In 1973, he was part of the Soviet team that secured the bronze medal at the 1973 Speedway World Team Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc73.htm|title=1973 WORLD TEAM CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=6 April 2024}}
After finishing his sports career, he became the coach of the USSR national speedway team and was a member of the track commission of the national motorcycle association.
On 31 May 2008, while relaxing with friends on a yacht on the Ob River, Paznikov died from suicide by a gunshot wound.{{cite web|url=https://www.nsk.kp.ru/daily/24108/333144/ |title=Vladimir Paznikov died tragically in Novosibirsk |website=Komsomolskaya Pravda |access-date=6 April 2024}}
World Final appearances
=Individual World Championship=
=World Team Cup=
- 1973 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium (with Valery Gordeev / Grigory Khlinovsky / Aleksandr Pavlov / Viktor Trofimov) - 3rd - 20pts (5)
- 1976 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, White City Stadium (with Viktor Trofimov / Valery Gordeev / Grigory Khlinovsky / Vladimir Gordeev) - 4th - 11pts (2)
=Individual Ice Speedway World Championship=
References
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Category:Soviet Union speedway riders
Category:Sportspeople from Novosibirsk
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