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{{Short description|Soviet speedway rider}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}{{Use British English|date=January 2024}}

factoids

200727df=y}}| career1 = Soviet UnionBashkiria Ufa>Ufa| years2 = 1959–1968| career3 = | years3 =| indivyear1 = 1964Continental Speedway final>Continental champion| indivyear2 = 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968Russian Individual Speedway Championship>Soviet Champion| indivyear3 = 1960, 1961, 1962Russian Individual Speedway Championship>Russian champion}}Igor Alexandrovich Plekhanov () (26 July 1933 in Ufa, Russian SFSR – 2 August 2007) was a Soviet speedway rider who finished second in the Speedway World Championship in 1964 and 1965.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}

History

Plekhanov was the first Soviet rider to appear in a Speedway World Championship world final during the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship.WEB,weblink World Finals 1936-1994, Speedway Researcher, 6 April 2024, He would go on to finish runner-up in the world championship in both 1964NEWS, Barry Briggs new speedway champion, Coventry Evening Telegraph, 12 September 1964, 6 April 2024,weblink British Newspaper Archive, subscription, and in 1965, when he defeated four times champion Ove Fundin in the silver medal run-off.NEWS, Knutson is Champ, The People, 19 September 1965, 6 April 2024,weblink British Newspaper Archive, subscription, Plekhanov was a five-times Soviet Champion in 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965 and 1968WEB,weblink Indvidual USRR Championship, Historia Sportu Zuzlowego, 6 April 2024, Additionally, he won the first three editions of the Russian national championship from 1960 to 1962.WEB,weblink Russian Individual Speedway Championship, Historia Sportu Zuzlowego, 9 April 2024, He later coached the Soviet Union national speedway team from 1970 until 1972.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1961 - {{flagicon|SWE}} Malmö, Malmö Stadion - 13th - 4pts
• 1962 - {{flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 10th - 7pts
• 1964 - {{flagicon|SWE}} Göteborg, Ullevi - 2nd - 13pts
• 1965 - {{flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 2nd - 13pts
• 1966 - {{flagicon|SWE}} Göteborg, Ullevi - 8th - 8pts
• 1967 - {{flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 4th - 12pts
• 1968 - {{flagicon|SWE}} Göteborg, Ullevi - Reserve - Did not ride

World Team Cup

• 1964 - {{Flagicon|FRG}} Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Boris Samorodov / Gennady Kurilenko / Yuri Chekranov) - 2nd - 25pts (8)
• 1965 - {{Flagicon|FRG}} Kempten (with Yuri Chekranov / Gennady Kurilenko / Vladimir Sokolov / Viktor Trofimov) - 4th - 7pts (1)
• 1966 - {{Flagicon|POL}} WrocÅ‚aw, Olympic Stadium (with Viktor Trofimov / Boris Samorodov / Farid Szajnurov) - 2nd - 25pts (6)
• 1967 - {{flagicon|SWE}} Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Boris Samorodov / Gabdrakhman Kadyrov / Viktor Trofimov / Farid Szajnurov) - 3rd= - 19pts (9)

References

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External links

• {{in lang|ru}} Professor Who Conquered Wembley