Yuri Chekranov


Yuri Andreevich Chekranov was an international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.

Speedway career

In 1963 he won the Russian [Individual Speedway Championship|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