Soviet speedway rider

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 qualified for the World Final on three occasions and was sensationally disqualified in 1971 for using illegal fuel additives.

Contents

• 1 World Final appearances
  • 1.1 Individual World Championship
  • 1.2 World Team Cup
• 2 References

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1972 - London, Wembley Stadium - 16th - 2pts
• 1973 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 8th - 7pts
• 1975 - London, Wembley Stadium - 13th - 4pts
• 1976 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 15th - 1pt

World Team Cup

• 1973 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Vladimir Paznikov / Grigory Khlinovsky / Viktor Trofimov / Aleksandr Pavlov) - 3rd - 20pts (7)
• 1974 - , Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (with Vladimir Paznikov / Mikhail Krasnov / Viktor Kalmykov / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 4th - 10pts (4)
• 1975 – Norden, Motodrom Halbemond (with Vladimir Gordeev / Grigory Khlinovsky / Viktor Trofimov) – 2nd – 29pts (8)
• 1976 - London, White City Stadium (with Viktor Trofimov / Grigory Khlinovsky / Vladimir Gordeev / Vladimir Paznikov) - 4th - 11pts (5)
• 1981 - Olching, Speedway Stadion Olching (with Mikhail Starostin / Viktor Kuznetsov / Nikolay Kornev / Anatoly Maksimov) - 4th - 3pts (0)

References