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
- 1964 - Abensberg Stadion, Abensberg - 2nd - 25pts
- 1965 - Illerstadion, Kempten - 4th - 7pts
Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
- 1966 Individual [Ice Speedway World Championship|1966] 2 rounds, 4th