| Gennady Kurilenko | |
| Nationality: | Soviet Union / Ukrainian |
| Birth Date: | c. 1944[1] |
| Birth Place: | Lviv, Soviet Union |
| Death Date: | 16 February 2013 (aged 68 or 69) |
| Career1: | Soviet Union |
| Career2: | Ufa |
| Years2: | 1962, 1967–1970, 1974–1975 |
| Career3: | Lviv |
| Years3: | 1963–1966 |
| Career4: | Balakovo |
| Years4: | 1971–1973 |
| Indivyear1: | 1964 |
| Indivhonour1: | Speedway World Championship finalist |
| Indivyear2: | 1968 |
| Indivhonour2: | Continental Champion |
| Indivyear3: | 1970 |
| Indivhonour3: | Soviet Champion |
Gennady Kurilenko (c. 1944–2013) was an international speedway rider from Ukraine (part of the Soviet Union at the time).[2]
Kurilenko reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3] [4]
Kurilenko was the champion of the Soviet Union, winning the title in 1970.[5] He had previously won the Continental Speedway final in 1968.[6]
In 1964, he was part of the Soviet Union team that toured Britain for the first time and was a metal craftsman by trade at the time[7] and later that year he reached his first world final; the 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship, held on 11 September at the Ullevi in Sweden.[8] In 1965 he toured the United Kingdom as part of the Soviet Union national team again.[9]