Vladimir Gordeev

Vladimir Dmitrievich Gordeev (born 30 November 1950 in Georgia, Soviet Union) is a former motorcycle speedway rider and was a member of the Soviet Union national speedway team.

Career
Gordeev won the Soviet Championship on three occasions in 1971, 1973 and 1974 and the Russian Championship twice, in 1972 and 1976.

He reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship three times in 1971, 1974 and 1976. However, he was disqualified in the 1971 Individual Speedway World Championship final for using illegal fuel additives.

In 1974, he won the Continental Speedway final.

Family
His younger brother Valery Gordeev is also a former rider who reached the World Final on five occasions.

Individual World Championship

 * 1970 - 🇵🇱 Wroclaw, Olympic Stadium - 13th - 5pts
 * 1971 - 🇸🇪 Göteborg, Ullevi - dsq - 11pts (later disqualified for illegal fuel additives)
 * 1974 - 🇸🇪 Göteborg, Ullevi - 16th - 0pts
 * 1975 - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium - Reserve - 0pts
 * 1976 - 🇵🇱 Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 16th - 0pts

World Pairs Championship

 * 1973 - 🇸🇪 Borås, Ryavallen (with Anatoly Kuzmin) - 4th - 20pts (10)
 * 1974 - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester, Hyde Road (with Grigory Khlinovsky) - 6th - 10pts (4)

World Team Cup

 * 1971 - 🇵🇱 Wroclaw, Olympic Stadium (with Grigory Khlinovsky / Vladimir Smirnov / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 2nd - 22pts (4)
 * 1974 - 🇵🇱 Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Vladimir Kalmykov / Mikhail Krasnov / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 4th - 10pts (4)
 * 1975 – Norden, Motodrom Halbemond (with Valery Gordeev / Grigory Khlinovsky / Viktor Trofimov) – 2nd – 29pts (5)
 * 1976 - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, White City Stadium (with Viktor Trofimov / Valery Gordeev / Grigory Khlinovsky / Vladimir Paznikov) - 4th - 11pts (2)