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Viktor Kalmykov is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.

Speedway career

Kalmykov reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship. He was one of six Russians that competed in the 1972 World final after strong performances in the Continental final and European final.

Kalmykov won the silver medal in the Russian national championship in 1977.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1972 – London, Wembley Stadium – 11th – 6pts

World Team Cup

• 1972 - Olching, (with Viktor Trofimov / Grigory Khlinovsky / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 2nd - 21 + 7pts (5 + 3)
• 1974 - Chorzów, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (with Valery Gordeev / Mikhail Krasnov / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 4th - 10pts

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.

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