Valery Gordeev
Valery Gordeev (born 28 August 1952 in Balakovo, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet international motorcycle speedway rider.

Career
Gordeev reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship five times.

Gordeev won the Soviet Championship on five occasions in 1975, 1977, 1978, 1986 and 1987 and the Russian Championship twice, in 1971 and 1977.

Family
His older brother Vladimir Gordeev is also a former rider who reached the World Final on three occasions.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship
 1972 -  London, Wembley Stadium - 16th - 2pts
 1973 -  Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 8th - 7pts
 1975 -  London, Wembley Stadium - 13th - 4pts
 1976 -  Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 15th - 1pt

World Team Cup
 1973 -  London, Wembley Stadium (with Vladimir Paznikov / Grigory Khlinovsky / Viktor Trofimov / Aleksandr Pavlov) - 3rd - 20pts (7)
 1974 - , Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (with Vladimir Paznikov / Mikhail Krasnov / Viktor Kalmykov / Anatoly Kuzmin) - 4th - 10pts (4)
 1975 –  Norden, Motodrom Halbemond (with Vladimir Gordeev / Grigory Khlinovsky / Viktor Trofimov) – 2nd – 29pts (8)
 1976 -  London, White City Stadium (with Viktor Trofimov / Grigory Khlinovsky / Vladimir Gordeev / Vladimir Paznikov) - 4th - 11pts (5)
 1981 -  Olching, Speedway Stadion Olching (with Mikhail Starostin / Viktor Kuznetsov / Nikolay Kornev / Anatoly Maksimov) - 4th - 3pts (0)

References

1952 births
Living people
Russian speedway riders
Soviet speedway riders
People from Balakovo
Sportspeople from Saratov Oblast