Mikhail Starostin
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Mikhail Leontievich Starostin (born 24 February 1955) is a former international speedway rider from the Soviet Union.
Speedway career
Starostin holds the record for Russian National Championships, winning the title seven times.
In addition, he won the Soviet Union Individual Speedway Championship five times during the period from 1979 until 1990.
He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship.
Starostin never rode in the British leagues during his career but was able to tour Britain during the latter part of his career following the Revolutions of 1989. He toured the United Kingdom in 1990 and 1998 as part of the Russia national team.
World final appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1979 – Poland Chorzów, Silesian Stadium – 13th – 3pts
- 1982 – United States Los Angeles, Memorial Coliseum – 16th – 0pts
World Team Cup
- 1981 – West Germany Olching, Speedway Stadion Olching (with Valery Gordeev / Viktor Kuznetsov / Nikolay Kornev / Anatoly Maksimov) – 4th – 3pts (0)