# Mikhail Starostin

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Soviet speedway rider

Mikhail Starostin Born (1955-02-24) 24 February 1955 (age 71) Ufa, Soviet Union 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](/source/Motorcycle_speedway) from the Soviet Union.[1]

## Speedway career

Starostin holds the record for [Russian National Championships](/source/Russian_Individual_Speedway_Championship), winning the title seven times.[2]

In addition, he won the [Soviet Union Individual Speedway Championship](/source/Russian_Individual_Speedway_Championship) five times during the period from 1979 until 1990.[3][4]

He reached the final of the [Speedway World Championship](/source/Speedway_World_Championship) in the [1979 Individual Speedway World Championship](/source/1979_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) and the [1982 Individual Speedway World Championship](/source/1982_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship).[5][6]

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](/source/Revolutions_of_1989).[7] He toured the United Kingdom in 1990 and 1998 as part of the Russia national team.[8]

## World final appearances

### Individual World Championship

- [1979](/source/1979_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) – [Chorzów](/source/Chorz%C3%B3w), [Silesian Stadium](/source/Silesian_Stadium) – 13th – 3pts

- [1982](/source/1982_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) – [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [Memorial Coliseum](/source/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum) – 16th – 0pts

### World Team Cup

- [1981](/source/1981_Speedway_World_Team_Cup) – [Olching](/source/Olching), [Speedway Stadion Olching](/source/Speedway_Stadion_Olching) (with [Valery Gordeev](/source/Valery_Gordeev) / [Viktor Kuznetsov](/source/Viktor_Kuznetsov_(speedway_rider)) / [Nikolay Kornev](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nikolay_Kornev&action=edit&redlink=1) / [Anatoly Maksimov](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anatoly_Maksimov&action=edit&redlink=1)) – 4th – 3pts (0)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["World Individual Final - Rider Index"](https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinal_s). *British Speedway*. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Russian Individual Speedway Championship"](http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmrosji.php). *Historia Sportu Zuzlowego*. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Individual USRR Championship"](http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmzsrr.php). *Historia Sportu Zuzlowego*. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Bott, Richard (1980). *The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4*. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-09-141751-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-09-141751-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["In-form Collins can regain world crown"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19790831/368/0017). *Birmingham Daily Post*. 31 August 1979. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["WORLD FINALS 1936-1994"](https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf) (PDF). *Speedway Researcher*. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Russians return ready to roll back the years"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004849/19980420/692/0072). *Daily Express*. 20 April 1998. p. 72. Retrieved 4 April 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["The Russians are coming"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003836/19900426/072/0072). *Peterborough Herald & Post*. 26 April 1990. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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