Sergey Tarabanko

Sergey Tarabanko
Sergey Tarabanko at the 1978 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameSergey Aleksandrovich Tarabanko
Born25 August 1949 (1949-08-25) (age 75)
Moscow, Russia
Sport
SportIce speedway
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Ice Championships
Gold medal – first place 1975 Moscow Individual
Gold medal – first place 1976 Assen Individual
Gold medal – first place 1977 Inzell Individual
Gold medal – first place 1978 Assen Individual
Gold medal – first place 1979 Inzell Team
Gold medal – first place 1980 Kalinin Team
Silver medal – second place 1980 Kalinin Individual
Gold medal – first place 1981 Assen Team

Sergey Aleksandrovich Tarabanko (Russian: Сергей Александрович Тарабанько, born 25 August 1949) is a retired Russian ice speedway rider who won seven world titles between 1975 and 1981.[1][2]

Biography

Tarabanko was born in Moscow, but was soon moved to Kirovsk and then Angarsk, where he started training in cross-country motorcycle racing. After working as a turner at a factory, between 1968 and 1972 he served in the army.

He won four consecutive World Ice Championships from 1975 to 1978.[3][4]

In 1975 he graduated from the University of Pedagogy in Chita. He then worked as a test driver for a Jawa Motors factory in Novosibirsk, and in 1977 moved to Moscow to coach motorcycle racers. He participated in the 1988 Winter Olympics as a driver of the Soviet Olympic team and later worked as the head of the CSKA racing team in Moscow.[5]

World Final appearances

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

References

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  1. ^ Ice Speedway History In Figures. speedway.org
  2. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 531. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. ^ "Watch young racer Ian go". Reading Evening Post. 5 March 1977. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "FIM ice Racing/ Speedway European & World Championships" (PDF). Motorsport Top 20. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. ^ Тарабанько Сергей Александрович Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. angarsk-goradm.ru