Born | 26 July 1933 |
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Died | 2 August 2007 | (aged 74)
Career history | |
Soviet Union | |
1959–1968 | Ufa |
Individual honours | |
1964 | Continental champion |
1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 | Soviet Champion |
1960, 1961, 1962 | Russian champion |
Igor Alexandrovich Plekhanov (Russian: Игорь Александрович Плеханов) (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.[1]
Plekhanov was the first Soviet rider to appear in a Speedway World Championship world final during the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2] He would go on to finish runner-up in the world championship in both 1964[3] and in 1965, when he defeated four times champion Ove Fundin in the silver medal run-off.[4]
Plekhanov was a five-times Soviet Champion in 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965 and 1968[5] Additionally, he won the first three editions of the Russian national championship from 1960 to 1962.[6]
He later coached the Soviet Union national speedway team from 1970 until 1972.