Soviet speedway rider (born 1947)
Grigory Alexandrovich Khlinovsky (born 11 November 1947) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from the Soviet Union.[1]
Speedway career
Khlinovsky reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on three consecutive years, in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship,[2] 1973 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1974 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]
In 1971, he was part of the Soviet team that secured the silver medal at the 1971 Speedway World Team Cup[5][6] and a bronze at the 1973 Speedway World Team Cup.[7] He also competed in the 1974 world pairs final.[8]
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
World Pairs Championship
World Team Cup
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