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factoids

Viktor Kalmykov is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.WEB,weblink WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX, British Speedway, 9 July 2021,

Speedway career

Kalmykov reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship.WEB,weblink World Speedway finals, Speedway Researcher, 9 July 2021, He was one of six Russians that competed in the 1972 World final after strong performances in the Continental final and European final.WEB,weblink 1972 World Championship results, Speedway.org, 9 July 2021, Kalmykov won the silver medal in the Russian national championship in 1977.WEB,weblink Russian Individual Speedway Championship, Historia Sportu Zuzlowego, 9 April 2024,

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1972 – {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium – 11th – 6ptsNEWS, 4-Timer Mauger, Sunday Mirror, 17 September 1972, 9 July 2021,weblink British Newspaper Archive, subscription,

World Team Cup

• 1972 - {{Flagicon|FRG}} Olching, (with Viktor Trofimov / Grigory Khlinovsky / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 2nd - 21 + 7pts (5 + 3)
• 1974 - {{Flagicon|POL}} Chorzów, Stadion ÅšlÄ…ski, Chorzów (with Valery Gordeev / Mikhail Krasnov / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 4th - 10pts

References

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