Grigory Alexandrovich Khlinovsky (born 11 November 1947) is a Ukrainian former international

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rider. He represented the

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Speedway career

Khlinovsky reached the final of the

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on three consecutive years, in the

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and the

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. He was one of six Russians that competed in the 1972 World final after strong performances in the Continental final and European final. In 1971, he was part of the Soviet team that secured the silver medal at the

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and a bronze at the

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. He also competed in the 1974 world pairs final. He was the senior coach of "Signal" team (Rivne) (1982-1989). Under his leadership "Signal" became the champion of the USSR for three times in a row (1985-1987). He was the senior coach of KAMAZ (Rivne) in 1990 and Signal (Rivne) in 1991. He is the honored coach of Ukraine, referee of the national category.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

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– London,

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– 13th – 4pts *

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–

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– 5th – 10pts *

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

–

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– 10th – 6pts

World Pairs Championship

–

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, Hyde Road (with Vladimir Gordeev) – 6th – 10pts

World Team Cup

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

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(with Vladimir Smirnov / Vladimir Gordeev /

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/ Anatoly Kuzmin) - 2nd - 22pts (8) *

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, (with Anatoly Kuzmin /

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) - 2nd - 21 + 7 pts (5 + 1) *

- London, Wembley Stadium (with Vladimir Paznikov /

Valery Gordeev Valery Dmitrievich Gordeev (born 28 August 1952 in Balakovo, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet international motorcycle speedway rider. Career Gordeev reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship five times in 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 ...

/ Aleksandr Pavlov) - 3rd - 20pts (7) *

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- London,

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(with

/ Vladimir Gordeev / Vladimir Paznikov) - 4th - 11pts (2)

References

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