Yuri Chekranov

Yuri Andreevich Chekranov (Russian: Юрий Андреевич Черканов; 31 October 1943 – 16 December 2021) was an international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.^[1][3]

Yuri Chekranov

Born	31 October 1943 (1943-10-31)[1] Ufa, Soviet Union
Died	16 December 2021(2021-12-16) (aged 78)[2] Ufa, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Career history
Soviet Union
1963	Ufa
Individual honours
1963	Russian champion
Team honours
1964	Speedway World Team Cup silver medal

Speedway career

In 1963 he won the Russian national championship.^[4]

Chekranov reached the final of the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1964 Speedway World Team Cup where he won a silver medal.^[5][6]

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.^[7]

In 1965 he toured the United Kingdom as part of the Soviet Union national team again.^[8]

World final appearances

World Team Cup

• 1964 - Abensberg Stadion, Abensberg (with Boris Samorodov / Igor Plekhanov / Gennady Kurilenko) - 2nd - 25pts (6)
• 1965 - Illerstadion, Kempten (with Gennady Kurilenko / Igor Plekhanov / Vladimir Sokolov / Viktor Trofimov) - 4th - 7pts (2)

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

• 1966 2 rounds, 4th