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Soviet Union/Ukrainian motorcycle speedway rider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gennady Kurilenko (c. 1944–2013) was an international speedway rider from Ukraine (part of the Soviet Union at the time).[2]
Born | c. 1944[1] Lviv, Soviet Union |
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Died | 16 February 2013 (aged 68 or 69) |
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 |
Kurilenko reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship.[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]
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