Igor Posted March 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 In memory of Viktor Trofimov ... http://gorka-speedway.blogspot.com/2017/03/blog-post.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Viktor Trofimov paased away March 22, 2013: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Trofimov Viktor Trofimov in action: :::::::::: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted March 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 In memory of Viktor TROFIMOV, who on March 22, 2018 could have turned 80 years old ... https://gorka-speedway.blogspot.com/2018/03/80.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted September 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 Viktor Trofimov Jr., grandson of Viktor Trofimov, World Champion! https://gorka-speedway.blogspot.com/2020/09/2020-05-2020.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Igor said: Viktor Trofimov Jr., grandson of Viktor Trofimov, World Champion! https://gorka-speedway.blogspot.com/2020/09/2020-05-2020.html Polish ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 17 hours ago, iris123 said: Polish ? Apparently... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 On 8/21/2011 at 3:43 PM, The White Knight said: I remember watching Viktor Trofimov and Grigori Khlinovski in the World Final in 1972. I was most impressed by Khlinovski. Didn't Dave Lanning refer to him as Victor "Knockimov" during his commentary at the same meeting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 6 hours ago, chunky said: Apparently... I wonder if there has been another speedway family that has represented so many different countries ? Or say each generation a different one ? Possibly Russia also ? Viktor- USSR Vladimir- Ukraine Viktor jr- Poland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, iris123 said: I wonder if there has been another speedway family that has represented so many different countries ? Or say each generation a different one ? Possibly Russia also ? Viktor- USSR Vladimir- Ukraine Viktor jr- Poland Ronnie Moore represented Australia, New Zealand, Australasia and Great Britain. And that's just one generation. Does that count? Edited September 8, 2020 by norbold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Just now, norbold said: Ronnie Moore represented Australia, New Zealand, Australasia and Great Britain. And that's just one generation. Does that count? Not really. It's all the same person, I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 On 8/21/2011 at 10:09 AM, Igor said: 40 years ago, on 21 August 1971, Viktor Trofimov debuted at the Wembley in the race of the European final of the Individual World Championship. Besides him, in London were other Soviet riders Vladimir Gordeev and Gennadiy Kurylenko, as well as another rider Rovno "RADUGA" - Grigoriy Khlynovskiy. I was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, iris123 said: I wonder if there has been another speedway family that has represented so many different countries ? Or say each generation a different one ? Possibly Russia also ? Viktor- USSR Vladimir- Ukraine Viktor jr- Poland Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing! Vladimir also represented the USSR, didn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, iris123 said: Not really. It's all the same person, I think And Australasia isn't a country, anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 6 hours ago, chunky said: And Australasia isn't a country, anyway... Pedant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 6 hours ago, norbold said: Pedant. Don't you mean "fraud"? Anyway, where are Pedants from; Pedantarctica? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 4 hours ago, chunky said: Don't you mean "fraud"? Anyway, where are Pedants from; Pedantarctica? I can't think of anything worse than a fraudulent pedant from Pedantarctica. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 (edited) Viktor Trofimov jr. (alias Wiktor Trofimow in Polish writing) has optained a Polish passport. He was one of the most promising Junior speedway riders at Rivne in the Ukraine, but was signed by one of the big Polish League clubs who organised for him to get a Polish passport, so that he could ride for them as a Polish junior. Similar story as what Sparta Wroclaw did this year with the Russian junior rider Gleb Chugunov. His grandfather Viktor Trofimov sr. rode as a Soviet Union (USSR) rider. His father Vladimir Trofimov also rode as a Soviet/USSR rider until 1991 and then after the break-up of the USSR as an Ukrainian. Viktor Trofimov jr. first rode as an Ukrainian until about two or three years ago, when he obtained a Polish passport and since then rides as Wiktor Trofimow jr. for Poland. Edited September 12, 2020 by Bavarian 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) Viktor Trofimov! Another mystery Russian rider for me - from the early !960s era when I was not closely following happenings in speedway. The first Russian rider I saw was in a second-half race at New Cross in the early 1960s. Not sure but I think - and I'm probably wrong! - that his name was Igor Baranov. Edited September 16, 2020 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 19 hours ago, gustix said: Viktor Trofimov! Another mystery Russian rider for me - from the early !960s era when I was not closely following happenings in speedway. The first Russian rider I saw was in a second-half race at New Cross in the early 1960s. Not sure but I think - and I'm probably wrong! - that his name was Igor Baranov. Not just from the early 1960' s, John; Trofimov had a successful career well into the 70's. I always felt that while he never quite reached the level of some of the other Russians, he was actually a much better - and much more complete - rider than most. So, do you remember any of the other Russians from the 60's, like Boris Samorodov, Yuri Chekranov, Gab Kadirov, and Vitaly Shilo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 I might be wrong, but I think this is a red herring......oh dear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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