Anatoly Kuzmin (speedway rider)

Anatoly Kuzmin (3 March 1950 – 7 January 1978) was an international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.

Speedway career
Kuzmin reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship. He was one of six Russians that competed in the 1972 World final after strong performances in the Continental final and European final.

When in 1969 Kuzmin was drafted into the army, he moved to Daugavpils and became part of the Lokomotiv Daugavpils team from 1969 to 1988. He won the Latvian Championship in 1976 and 1977. He also won the bronze medal at the Soviet Union championship in 1972.

Kuzmin died in a car accident on 7 January 1978.

Individual World Championship

 * 1972 – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium – 12th – 4pts

World Pairs Championship

 * 1973 - 🇸🇪 Borås (with Vladimir Gordeev) - 4th - 20pts

World Team Cup

 * 1971 - 🇵🇱 Wroclaw, Olympic Stadium (with Vladimir Smirnov / Vladimir Gordeev / Viktor Trofimov / Grigory Khlinovsky) - 2nd - 22pts (3)
 * 1972 - 🇩🇪 Olching, (with Viktor Trofimov / Grigory Khlinovsky / Viktor Kalmykov) - 2nd - 21 + 7pts (6 +2)
 * 1974 - 🇵🇱 Chorzów, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (with Valery Gordeev / Mikhail Krasnov / Viktor Kalmykov) - 4th - 10pts (0)