Mikhail Starostin

Mikhail Starostin
Born (1955-02-24) 24 February 1955 (age 69)
Ufa, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Career history
Soviet Union
1974–1992Ufa
Poland
1992Świętochłowice
1993–1995Kraków
1996Lublin
Individual honours
1975, 1981, 1985–1987, 1990–1991Soviet Union champion
1975, 1981, 1985–1987, 1990–1991Russian champion
1979, 1982Speedway World Championship finalist

Mikhail Leontievich Starostin (born 24 February 1955) is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.[1]

Speedway career

Starostin holds the record for Russian National Championships, winning the title seven times.[2]

In addition, he won the Soviet Union Individual Speedway Championship five times during the period from 1979 until 1990.[3][4]

He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship.[5][6] He toured the United Kingdom in 1990 as part of the Russia national team.[7]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

References

  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Russian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Individual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  4. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  5. ^ "In-form Collins can regain world crown". Birmingham Daily Post. 31 August 1979. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  7. ^ "The Russians are coming". Peterborough Herald & Post. 26 April 1990. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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