Gabdrakhman Kadyrov

Gabdrakhman Kadyrov (27 January 1941 - 31 July 1993) was an international speedway rider from the Soviet Union. His nationality was described as being a Tatar and his mother came from Bashkortostan but he was born in Shatura.

Speedway career Kadyrov was one of the all-time great Ice Speedway riders. He won the inaugural Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in 1966 and went on to be the champion of the world six times in total, after winning again in 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972 and 1973.

He won a silver medal at the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1967 Speedway World Team Cup. He was known as Gab and earned the nickname 'The Beatle' by his fellow Soviet riders because of his hair cut resembling The Beatles at the time. He was a metal craftsman by trade. In 1965 he toured the United Kingdom as part of the Soviet Union national team again.

World final appearances Individual Ice World Championship 1966 - 2 rounds - 1st - 43pts 1967 - 3 rounds - 5th - 39pts 1968 - 2 rounds - 1st - 54pts 1969 - Inzell - 1st - 14pts 1970 - Nässjö - 2nd - 14pts 1971 - Inzell - 1st - 29pts 1972 - Nässjö - 1st - 15pts 1973 - Inzell - 1st - 29pts 1974 - Nässjö - 3rd - 13pts

World Team Cup 1967 - Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Igor Plekhanov / Boris Samorodov / Viktor Trofimov / Farid Szajnurov) - 3rd= - 19pts (2)