Valery Dmitrievich Gordeev (born 28 August 1952 in Balakovo, Soviet Union)[1] is a former Soviet international motorcycle speedway rider.[2]
Career
Gordeev reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship five times in 1971, 1972,[3] 1973,[4] 1975[5] and 1976.[6] He also won the Continental Speedway final in 1973.[7]
Gordeev won the Soviet Championship on five occasions in 1975, 1977, 1978, 1986[8] and 1987[9] and the Russian Championship twice, in 1971 and 1977.[10]
In 1973, he was part of the Soviet team that secured the bronze medal at the 1973 Speedway World Team Cup.[11]
In 1977, Cradley Heathens made an attempt to sign the Gordeev brothers but despite the difficulties involved in gaining clearance to race in England.[12]
Family
His older brother Vladimir Gordeev is also a former rider who reached the World Final on three occasions.
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 [13]
World Team Cup
- 1973 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Vladimir Paznikov / Grigory Khlinovsky / Viktor Trofimov / Aleksandr Pavlov) - 3rd - 20pts (7)
- 1974 - , Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (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
- ^ Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-904584-04-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Watch young racer Ian go". Reading Evening Post. 5 March 1977. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Fourth World title for Mauger". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 17 September 1972. Retrieved 6 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Unknown Pole wins crown from Mauger". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. 3 September 1973. Retrieved 6 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Olsen-king of the track". The People. 7 September 1975. Retrieved 6 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ "Russian ice race aces on the way". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 29 November 1986. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Individual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Russian Individual Speedway Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "1973 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Watch young racer Ian go". Reading Evening Post. 5 March 1977. Retrieved 25 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5