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Vladimir Sokolov is a former international speedway rider from the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.

Speedway career

Sokolov reached the final of the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1965 Speedway World Team Cup.

Sokolov twice won the bronze medal at the Soviet Union championship in 1965 and 1966.

In 1965 he toured the United Kingdom as part of the Soviet Union national team, it was only the second ever tour of the UK by the Soviet Union.

World final appearances

World Team Cup

• 1965 - Kempten (with Yuri Chekranov / Igor Plekhanov / Gennady Kurilenko / Viktor Trofimov) - 4th - 7pts (2)

References

1. ^ "West of England vs Soviet Russia Exeter Falcons Official Programme 12 July 1965" (PDF). Dave Riley. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
2. "INTERNATIONALS - UNITED KINGDOM Scotland v Soviet Union". International Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
3. "Sportlight". Daily Mirror. 7 July 1965. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
5. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
6. "Individual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
7. "Igor and Boris lead the Reds". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 May 1965. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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