Mikhail Starostin
| Born | 24 February 1955 Ufa, Soviet Union |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Russian |
| Career history | |
| Soviet Union | |
| 1974–1992 | Ufa |
| Poland | |
| 1992 | Świętochłowice |
| 1993–1995 | Kraków |
| 1996 | Lublin |
| Individual honours | |
| 1975, 1981, 1985–1987, 1990–1991 | Soviet Union champion |
| 1975, 1981, 1985–1987, 1990–1991 | Russian champion |
| 1979, 1982 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Mikhail Leontievich Starostin (born 24 February 1955) is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.[1]
Speedway career
[edit]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]
Starostin never rode in the British leagues during his career but was able to tour Britain during the latter part of his career following the Revolutions of 1989.[7] He toured the United Kingdom in 1990 and 1998 as part of the Russia national team.[8]
World final appearances
[edit]Individual World Championship
[edit]- 1979 –
Chorzów, Silesian Stadium – 13th – 3pts - 1982 –
Los Angeles, Memorial Coliseum – 16th – 0pts
World Team Cup
[edit]- 1981 –
Olching, Speedway Stadion Olching (with Valery Gordeev / Viktor Kuznetsov / Nikolay Kornev / Anatoly Maksimov) – 4th – 3pts (0)
References
[edit]- ^ "World Individual Final - Rider Index". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Russian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Individual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ "In-form Collins can regain world crown". Birmingham Daily Post. 31 August 1979. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Russians return ready to roll back the years". Daily Express. 20 April 1998. p. 72. Retrieved 4 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Russians are coming". Peterborough Herald & Post. 26 April 1990. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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