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Valeri Klementiev (5 August 1946 – 7 April 1971) was an international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.

Speedway career

Klementiev became a European Champion, after winning the gold medal at the 1969 European Final. He also reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship.

Klemetiev won the silver medal at the Soviet Union championship in 1969 and also won the European final in 1969. He qualified for the European final and then the world final as part of the 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship.

He was killed at a young age during a race on 7 April 1971 in Russia.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1969 – London, Wembley Stadium – 13th – 4pts
• 1970 - Wroclaw, Olympic Stadium - 6th - 8pts

World Team Cup

• 1969 - Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Viktor Trofimov / Vladimir Smirnov / Gennady Kurilenko / Yury Dubinin) - 3rd - 23pts (5)

See also

• Rider deaths in motorcycle speedway

References

1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
2. "Russian Practises". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 13 September 1969. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
4. "Individual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
5. "Hans new champion". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 11 July 1970. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Motorsport Memoriam". Motorsport Memoriam. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

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