 Anatoly Gladyshev at the 1978 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1947 Rubtsovsk, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 February 1984 (aged 37) Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Ice speedway | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Anatoly Vasilievich (Russian: Анатолий Васильевич Гладышев, 1947 – 19 February 1984) was a Russian ice speedway rider who won two world titles in 1978–1981.
Career
Gladyshev won the bronze medal at the 1978 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship and two team golds at the 1979 Team Ice Racing World Championship and 1981 Team Ice Racing World Championship.
Gladyshev died at a race during the 23rd heat of the 1984 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in Moscow on 19 February 1984. After colliding with Vitaly Russkikh he fell into the path of Walter Wartbichler who was unable to avoid colliding with him. He suffered an artery rupture caused by the front tyre of the bike and died later in hospital. Gladyshev was 37 and should have retired to assume a position of mechanic in the national team but continued competing mostly to replace injured teammates.
At the time of his death he was married to his wife Diana and had two sons, Stanislav and Dmitri. After Gladyshev's death, between 1985 and 1991 an annual race in his honor was held in Irkutsk, where he lived for many years.
References
- Ice Speedway History In Figures. speedway.org
- "FIM ice Racing/ Speedway European & World Championships" (PDF). Motorsport Top 20. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- "Gladyshev killed". Hull Daily Mail. 20 February 1984. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Не чокаясь. Авторская рубрика Бориса Валиева: Последний вираж Анатолия Гладышева. sovsport.ru. 1 June 2002
- Ледовый спидвей в Иркутске. Фоторепортаж Артема Илошваи. vangarske.com. 3 December 2013