About Yuri Chekranov
Lived 1943 – 2021 (aged 77–78). Yuri Chekranov was a Russian speedway rider.
Yuri Andreevich Chekranov (Russian: Юрий Андреевич Черканов; 31 October 1943 – 16 December 2021) was an international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.
Speedway career In 1963 he won the Russian national championship.
Chekranov reached the final of the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1964 Speedway World Team Cup where he won a silver medal.
In 1964 he was part of the Soviet Union team that toured Britain for the first time and was a motor mechanic by trade at the time.
In 1965 he toured the United Kingdom as part of the Soviet Union national team again.
World final appearances World Team Cup 1964 - Abensberg Stadion, Abensberg (with Boris Samorodov / Igor Plekhanov / Gennady Kurilenko) - 2nd - 25pts (6) 1965 - Illerstadion, Kempten (with Gennady Kurilenko / Igor Plekhanov / Vladimir Sokolov / Viktor Trofimov) - 4th - 7pts (2)
Individual Ice Speedway World Championship 1966 2 rounds, 4th
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Who was Yuri Chekranov?
Soviet speedway rider
When was Yuri Chekranov born?
Yuri Chekranov was born in 1943 in Ufa.
When did Yuri Chekranov die?
Yuri Chekranov died on 16 December 2021 in Ufa.
What was Yuri Chekranov's occupation?
Yuri Chekranov was a speedway rider.
What nationality was Yuri Chekranov?
Yuri Chekranov was Russian.
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