Mikhail Starostin
| Born | 24 February 1955 Ufa, Soviet Union |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Russian |
| Career history | |
| 1992 | Świętochłowice |
| 1993-95 | Kraków |
| 1996 | Lublin |
| Individual honours | |
| 1975, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991 | Soviet Union champion |
| 1979, 1982 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Mikhail Starostin (born 24 February 1955) is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.[1]
Speedway career
Starostin hold the Russian record for National Championships and he won the Soviet Union Individual Speedway Championship seven times during the period from 1975 until 1991.[2]
He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3]
World final appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1979 –
Chorzów, Silesian Stadium – 13th – 3pts - 1982 –
Los Angeles, Memorial Coliseum – 16th – 0pts
World Team Cup
- 1981 –
Olching, Speedway Stadion Olching (with Valery Gordeev / Viktor Kuznetsov / Nikolay Kornev / Anatoly Maksimov) – 4th – 3pts (0)
References
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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