Aleksandr Pavlov (speedway rider)

Aleksandr Pavlov

Born	Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Career history
Soviet Union
1969–1970	Vladivostok
Individual honours
1972, 1973	Speedway World Championship finalist
1969, 1970	Russian championship silver
Team honours
1973	World Team Cup bronze

Aleksandr Pavlov (born 1962) is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.^[1]

Speedway career

Pavlov reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship^[2] and the 1973 Individual Speedway World Championship.^[3] He was one of six Russians that competed in the 1972 World final after strong performances in the Continental final and European final.^[4]

He twice won the silver medal at the Russian national championship in 1969 and 1970.^[5]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1972 – London, Wembley Stadium – 6th – 8pts^[6]
• 1973 – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium – 13th – 4 pts

World Team Cup

• 1973 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Vladimir Paznikov / Valery Gordeev / Viktor Trofimov / Grigory Khlinovsky) - 3rd - 20pts (7)

References

1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
2. "Fourth world title for Mauger". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 17 September 1972. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
4. "1972 World Championship results". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
5. "Russian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
6. "4-Timer Mauger". Sunday Mirror. 17 September 1972. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.