Valeri Klementiev

Valeri Klementiev (5 August 1946 – 7 April 1971) was an international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.

Speedway career
Klementiev became a European Champion, after winning the gold medal at the 1969 European Final. He also reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship.

Klemetiev won the silver medal at the Soviet Union championship in 1969 and also won the European final in 1969.

He was killed at a young age during a race on 7 April 1971 in Russia.

Individual World Championship

 * 1969 – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium – 13th – 4pts
 * 1970 - 🇵🇱 Wroclaw, Olympic Stadium - 6th - 8pts

World Team Cup

 * 1969 - 🇵🇱 Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Viktor Trofimov / Vladimir Smirnov / Gennady Kurilenko / Yury Dubinin) - 3rd - 23pts (5)