| Born | 26 September 1931[1] Rybinsk,Yaroslavl Oblast, Soviet Union |
|---|---|
| Died | 13 February 2016 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Career history | |
| Soviet Union | |
| 1960–1967 | Ufa |
| Individual honours | |
| 1967 | Ice World Champion |
| 1963, 1964 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
| 1962, 1964 | Soviet Champion |
Boris Alexandrovich Samorodov (1931-2016) was an internationalspeedway rider from the Soviet Union.[2]
Samorodov became a World Champion after winning the gold medal at the 1967Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.[1] He also reached the final of theSpeedway World Championship in the1963 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3][4]
Samorodov was twice thechampion of the Soviet Union, winning the title in 1962 and 1964.[5] In 1964, he was part of the Soviet Union team that toured Britain for the first time[6] and later that year he reached his second world final, after reaching the final of the1964 Individual Speedway World Championship, on 11 September, which was held at theUllevi in Sweden.[7] He finished fourth just missing out on the podium. In 1965 he toured the United Kingdom again as part of the Soviet Union national team.[8]
2 rounds, 5th - 35pts Ufa & Moscow –Champion – 57pts 2 rounds,3rd - 51pts
Inzell, 5th - 10pts Inzell,2nd – 25pts
Nässjö, 5th – 10pts
London,Wembley Stadium – 4th – 11ptsGothenburg,Ullevi - 4th - 11ptsAbensberg,Abensberg Stadion (withIgor Plekhanov /Gennady Kurilenko /Yuri Chekranov) -2nd - 25pts (3)
Wrocław,Olympic Stadium (withViktor Trofimov /Igor Plekhanov /Farid Szajnurov) -2nd - 25pts (10)Malmö,Malmö Stadion (withIgor Plekhanov /Gabdrakhman Kadyrov /Viktor Trofimov /Farid Szajnurov) -3rd= - 19pts (3) | This motorcycle speedway-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |