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1959 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 14th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. The event was sponsored by the Sunday Pictorial. New Zealand continued their recent domination as Ronnie Moore won his second title with a 15 point maximum and New Zealand won their fourth title in six years. Ove Fundin finished second and defending champion Barry Briggs, returning from retirement won the bronze medal ride off. First Round *Scandinavian Qualifying - 16 to Scandinavian Final *Continental Qualifying - 16 to Continental Final Scandinavian Qualifying Continental Qualifying Second Round *Ove Fundin - seeded to European Final *British & Commonwealth Qualifying - 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals *Nordic Final - 9 to European Final *Continental Final - 6 to European Final British & Commonwealth Qualifying Top 32 riders based on points accumulated during round would progress Nordic Final * May 31, 1959 * Turku * Fi ...
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Rune Sörmander
Rune Bertil Leopold Sörmander (1929-2020) was an international speedway rider from Sweden. Speedway career Sörmander was one of speedway's leading riders during the 1950s and 1960s, he was a three times champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Championship in 1955, 1958 and 1959. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on seven occasions (1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962) and the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship three times (1959, 1961, 1962). He also helped Sweden win the World Team Cup in 1960, 1962, 1963 and 1964 He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for various clubs. World Final appearances Individual World Championship * 1953 - London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 5pts * 1957 - London, Wembley Stadium - 5th - 11pts + 1pt * 1958 - London, Wembley Stadium - 13th - 4pts * 1959 - London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 6pts * 1960 - London, Wembley Stadium - 12th - 5pts * 1961 - Malmö, Malmö Stadion - 8t ...
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Individual Speedway World Championship
The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest-ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world, run under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first official championships were held in 1936. Today, this official FIM championship is organised as a series of Speedway Grand Prix events, where points are awarded according to performance in the event and tallied up at the end of each season. However, up to 1994, it was run as a single-night event after qualifying rounds during the season, leading up to a big final of 20 heats, where points were awarded according to riders' heat placings and then tallied up at the end. Before the World Championship received its formal recognition from the ACU and the FIM in 1936, other unofficial Speedway World Championships were staged between 1931 and 1935, in Europe, South America and Australasia. Organization 1929 to 1935 – Unofficial Championships 1929 to 1935 ...
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Konstanty Pociejkewicz (1932–2003) was an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Pociejkewicz was the champion of Poland, winning the Polish Individual Speedway Championship The Individual Speedway Polish Championship (Polish: ''Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski, IMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1932. The current Polish Champion is Bartosz Zmarzlik ( S ... in 1960. References 1932 births 2003 deaths Polish speedway riders {{Speedway-stub ...
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Mieczysław Połukard (1930 in Warsaw, Poland – 26 October 1985 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider and coach, the first Polish rider to ride in the Individual World Championship Final in 1959 and won the World Team Cup in 1961. Career He began his racing career with Sparta Wrocław. In 1955 he moved to Polonia Bydgoszcz. He was the first Polish rider to ride in the Individual World Championship Final (1959) where he finished 12th with 5 points. He also represented Poland in the World Team Cup three times, in 1960 (4th place), 1961 (gold medal) and 1962 (bronze medal). He was Individual Polish Champion once in 1954. He also rode in Golden Helmet Finals, but he never finished high enough to win a medal. Accident In 1968 he decided to retire. In his last match, he was involved in an accident on track, which resulted hospital treatment which required amputating his leg. Death He became a coach for Polonia Bydgoszcz. During track training sessions o ...
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