Guennady Moisseev

Gennady Anatolyevich Moiseyev (; February 3, 1948 – July 23, 2017) was a Russian Grand Prix motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1967 to 1982. Moiseyev rode KTM motorcycles to three FIM 250cc Motocross World Championships in 1974, 1977 and 1978. He was the most accomplished Russian motocross racer of the 1970s however, his 1974 championship was clouded by controversy due to the blocking and rough riding tactics used by the Soviet team to help him secure the championship. He later served as the President of the Russian Motorcycle Federation.

Motorcycle racing career Moiseyev was born in the Gatchinsky District of the Leningrad Oblast. After he witnessed the 1964 Motocross World Championship round held in Leningrad, he decided to take up the sport of motocross. That same year, he was admitted to the motocross section of the Leningrad Pioneers Palace.

Moiseyev competed in his first Motocross World Championship event at the 1967 250cc Russian Grand Prix in Belgorod riding a ČZ motorcycle. In 1970, Moiseyev was the Russian 250cc Motocross National Champion.

Moiseyev scored his first podium position at the 1972 250cc Dutch Grand Prix.

Moiseyev won the first overall victory of his career at the 1973 250cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix where he defeated championship contender Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna).

In the 1974 season, Moiseyev and ČZ factory team rider, Jaroslav Falta. would engage in a season long battle for the 250cc World Championship that wasn't decided until the final race of the season in Switzerland. At the 250cc Swiss Grand Prix, Falta took the lead in the first heat race and appeared to be heading for victory while Moiseyev was struggling with a rear suspension failure.

After missing the first half of the 1975 season due to injury, he dropped to 12th in the 250cc world championship, although he managed a victory over the eventual World Champion, Harry Everts (Puch), in the first heat race of the 1975 250cc Finnish Grand Prix. One week later at the 1976 Motocross des Nations event in Sint Anthonis, Holland, Moiseyev defeated the reigning World Champion, De Coster to win the first heat race as the Soviet team finished the team competition in fourth place.

Moiseyev won his second 250cc World Championship in 1977, this time without controversy as he dominated the season by winning 6 of the 12 Grand Prix races that year.

Moiseyev final race victory came at the 1979 250cc Bulgarian Grand Prix. He scored a third place and a fourth place at the 1979 Trophée des Nations event in Barkarby, Sweden, as the Soviet team won the event for the first time. After the 1979 season, friction developed between the Soviet Motorcycling Federation and the KTM factory. As a result, KTM withdrew their support of the Russian team. The Soviet team continued racing with ČZ motorcycles for the 1980 season however, by then the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers had begun to open a technological gap over the European manufacturers and the ČZ motorcycles were no longer competitive. He was a member of two victorious Soviet Motocross des Nations teams (1968, 1978) and one victorious Soviet Trophée des Nations team (1979).