Yuri Andreevich Chekranov (31 October 1943 – 16 December 2021) was an international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.[1][3]

Yuri Chekranov
Born31 October 1943 (1943-10-31)[1]
Ufa, Soviet Union
Died16 December 2021(2021-12-16) (aged 78)[2]
Ufa, Russia
NationalityRussian
Career history
Soviet Union
1963Ufa
Individual honours
1963Russian champion
Team honours
1964Speedway World Team Cup silver medal

Speedway career

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In 1963, he won the Russian national championship.[4]

Chekranov reached the final of the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1964 Speedway World Team Cup where he won a silver medal.[5][6]

In 1964, he was part of the Soviet Union team that toured Britain for the first time and was a motor mechanic by trade at the time.[7] In 1965 he toured the United Kingdom as part of the Soviet Union national team again.[8]

World final appearances

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World Team Cup

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Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

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References

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  1. ^ a b "West of England vs Soviet Russia Exeter Falcons Official Programme 12 July 1965" (PDF). Dave Riley. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Yuri Chekranov – Speedway Champion". B Cozz. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ "A Rather Special Evening". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Russian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  6. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  7. ^ "Now it's from Russia with speed". Manchester Evening News. 15 May 1964. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Igor and Boris lead the Reds". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 May 1965. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.