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| Born | c. 1944[1] Lviv, Soviet Union |
|---|---|
| Died | 16 February 2013 |
| Nationality | Soviet Union / Ukrainian |
| Career history | |
| Soviet Union | |
| 1962, 1967–1970, 1974–1975 | Ufa |
| 1963–1966 | Lviv |
| 1971–1973 | Balakovo |
| Individual honours | |
| 1964 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
| 1968 | Continental Champion |
| 1970 | Soviet Champion |
Gennady Kurilenko (c. 1944 – 16 February 2013) was a Ukrainian speedway rider. He represented the Soviet Union.
Speedway career
[edit]Kurilenko reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship[2] by virtue of qualifying through the Continenetal rounds at Zagreb, Lviv and Slaný.[3][4]
Kurilenko was the champion of the Soviet Union, winning the title in 1970.[5] He had previously won the Continental Speedway final in 1968.[6]
In 1964, he was part of the Soviet Union team that toured Britain for the first time and was a metal craftsman by trade at the time[7] and later that year he reached his first world final; the 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship, held on 11 September at the Ullevi in Sweden.[8] In 1965 he toured the United Kingdom as part of the Soviet Union national team again.[9]
World final appearances
[edit]Individual World Championship
[edit]- 1964 –
Gothenburg, Ullevi – 8th – 7pts - 1968 – Gothenburg, Ullevi - 4th - 11pts + 2pts
- 1970 –
Wrocław, Olympic Stadium - 14th - 2pts
World Team Cup
[edit]- 1964 –
Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Boris Samorodov / Igor Plekhanov / Yuri Chekranov) - 2nd - 25pts (8) - 1965 – Kempten (with Yuri Chekranov / Igor Plekhanov / Vladimir Sokolov / Viktor Trofimov) - 4th - 7pts (2)
- 1969 – Rybnik, Rybnik Stadium (with Viktor Trofimov / Vladimir Smirnov / Valeri Klementiev / Yury Dubinin) - 3rd - 23pts (8)
References
[edit]- ↑ "NEWPORT SPEEDWAY IN 1965". Thisisnotgwent. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ↑ "World Individual Final - Rider Index". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ↑ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ↑ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ↑ "Individual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ↑ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 100. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ↑ "Now it's from Russia with speed". Manchester Evening News. 15 May 1964. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Knutsson can beat them all". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 5 September 1964. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Igor and Boris lead the Reds". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 May 1965. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.