Boris Samorodov

Boris Samorodov

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 international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.[2]

Speedway career

Samorodov became a World Champion after winning the gold medal at the 1967 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.[1] He also reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3][4]

Samorodov was twice the champion 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 the 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship, on 11 September, which was held at the Ullevi 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]

World final appearances

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

• 1966 - 2 rounds, 5th - 35pts
• 1967 – Ufa & Moscow – Champion – 57pts
• 1968 - 2 rounds, 3rd - 51pts
• 1969 - Inzell, 5th - 10pts
• 1973 – Inzell, 2nd – 25pts
• 1974 – Nässjö, 5th – 10pts

Individual World Championship

• 1963 – London, Wembley Stadium – 4th – 11pts
• 1964 - Gothenburg, Ullevi - 4th - 11pts

World Team Cup

• 1964 - Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Igor Plekhanov / Gennady Kurilenko / Yuri Chekranov) - 2nd - 25pts (3)
• 1966 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Viktor Trofimov / Igor Plekhanov / Farid Szajnurov) - 2nd - 25pts (10)
• 1967 - Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Igor Plekhanov / Gabdrakhman Kadyrov / Viktor Trofimov / Farid Szajnurov) - 3rd= - 19pts (3)

References

1. "In Memory Of Boris Samorodov". Eis Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
3. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 529. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
5. "Individual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
6. "Now it's from Russia with speed". Manchester Evening News. 15 May 1964. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Knutsson can beat them all". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 5 September 1964. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Igor and Boris lead the Reds". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 May 1965. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.