Born | Ufa, Soviet Union | 24 February 1955
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Nationality | Russian |
Career history | |
Soviet Union | |
1974–1992 | Ufa |
Poland | |
1992 | Świętochłowice |
1993–1995 | Kraków |
1996 | Lublin |
Individual honours | |
1975, 1981, 1985–1987, 1990–1991 | Soviet Union champion |
1975, 1981, 1985–1987, 1990–1991 | Russian champion |
1979, 1982 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Mikhail Leontievich Starostin (born 24 February 1955) is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.[1]
Starostin holds the record for Russian National Championships, winning the title seven times.[2]
In addition, he won the Soviet Union Individual Speedway Championship five times during the period from 1979 until 1990.[3][4]
He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship.[5]