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Marian Rose
Marian Rose (1933-1970) was an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Rose won a gold medal in the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1966 Speedway World Team Cup. He was killed in a race at the Stal Rzeszów Speedway Circuit on 19 April 1970, following a combination of hitting his head when falling off his bike and another rider crashing into him at the same time. The MotoArena Toruń in Poland is named after him. World final appearances Individual World Championship * 1965 - London, Wembley Stadium - Reserve - Did not ride World Team Cup * 1964 - Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Zbigniew Podlecki / Marian Kaiser) - 4th - 16pts (2) * 1966 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Andrzej Wyglenda / Antoni Woryna / Edmund Migoś) - Winner - 41pts (10) See also Rider deaths in motorcycle racing This article lists motorcycle riders who have died competing at motorcycle racing events. This article lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toruń
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Andrzej Pogorzelski
Andrzej Pogorzelski (12 October 1938 – 16 October 2020) was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider and coach. Career He started his career in Unia Leszno and represented the club in 1956 and 1973-1976 seasons. While at Unia Leszno he won 2 bronze medals (1975, 1976) on Team Speedway Polish Championship. During the 1957-1961 seasons he rode in Start Gniezno and moved to Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski in winter 1962. While in Stal he won 1 gold (1969) and 5 silver (1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971) medals in Team Speedway Polish Championship. During riding for Stal he held double record of the track in Gorzow Wielkopolski in seasons 1964 (76.4 sec - 18/10/1964) and 1969 (73.3 sec - 18/05/1969). Andrzej won 3 bronze medals in the Polish Individual Speedway Championship (1964, 1965, 1966). He also won the Golden Helmet tournament in 1966, in 1964 '' (2nd place), '' 1965 '' (2nd place) '' and 1969 '' (2nd place), '' and was finalist in the Silver Helmet tournament of the season 1962 '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Deaths
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Births
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rider Deaths In Motorcycle Racing
This article lists motorcycle riders who have died competing at motorcycle racing events. This article lists rider deaths in all series, at any level. Isle of Man TT, Manx Grand Prix and Southern 100 There have been over 275 recorded competitor deaths in the Isle of Man since 1910. Some Isle of Man deaths are included directly below, as the races carried World Championship status until a British Grand Prix was established on short-circuits from 1977. MotoGP/World Grand Prix Motorcycling Championship Listed are fatalities of riders in the World Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Championship races since its foundation in 1949. In total, 104 riders have died from incidents that occurred at Grand Prix motorcycle racing events, with Ben Drinkwater being the first in 1949. Three riders died in the 1940s; twenty-nine in the 1950s; twenty-seven in the 1960s; twenty-four in the 1970s; fourteen in the 1980s; two in the 1990s; one in the 2000s; three in the 2010s; and one in the 2020s. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Migoś
Edmund Migoś (1937-2006) was an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Migoś won a gold medal in the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1966 Speedway World Team Cup and two bronze medals in 1968 and 1970. World final appearances Individual World Championship * 1970 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium – Reserve – 4pts World Team Cup * 1966 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Andrzej Wyglenda / Antoni Woryna / Marian Rose) - Winner - 41pts - (did not ride) * 1968 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Edward Jancarz / Paweł Waloszek / Andrzej Wyglenda / Henryk Glücklich) - 3rd - 19pts (8) * 1970 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Jan Mucha / Paweł Waloszek / Antoni Woryna / Henryk Glücklich Henryk Glücklich (22 January 1945 – 23 September 2014) was an international motorcycle speedway rider who appeared in the Speedway World Championship finals three times, finishing fifth in 1970. He also rode in five World Team Cup finals. Wo ...) - 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoni Woryna
Antoni Woryna (born 15 February 1941 in Rybnik, Poland - died 14 December 2002) was an international motorcycle speedway rider who appeared in the Speedway World Championship finals five times, and was the first Polish rider to win a medal at that level when he won the bronze medal in 1966. He was a member of the Polish World Team Cup winning teams of 1965 and 1966. World Final Appearances Individual World Championship * 1965 - London, Wembley Stadium - 10th - 6pts * 1966 - Göteborg, Ullevi - 3rd - 13pts * 1967 - London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 5pts * 1968 - Göteborg, Ullevi - 12th - 5pts * 1970 - Wroclaw, Olympic Stadium - 3rd - 13pts Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. World Team Cup * 1965 - Kempten (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Zbigniew Podlecki / Andrzej Pogorzelski) - Winner - 38pts (9) * 1966 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Marian Rose / Edmund Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Wrocław)
''Olympic Stadium'' is the name usually given to the main stadium of an Olympic Games. An Olympic stadium is the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words ''Olympic Stadium'' as part of their names, such as stadiums in Amsterdam, Berlin, Helsinki and Paris. Olympic Stadium may also be named a multi-purpose stadium which hosts Olympic sports. . Big Olympic Encyclopedia. Moscow 2006. In the case of the |
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly from the Baltic Sea to the north and from the Sudeten Mountains to the south. , the official population of Wrocław is 672,929, with a total of 1.25 million residing in the metropolitan area, making it the third largest city in Poland. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. Today, it is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The history of the city dates back over a thousand years; at various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg monarchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia and Germany. Wrocław became part of Poland again in 1945 as part of the Recovered Territories, the result of extensive border changes and expulsions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Kaiser
Marian Kaiser (1933–1991) was an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Kaiser reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions, in the 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship. He was the Polish champion in 1957 after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship. World final appearances Individual World Championship * 1960 - London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 1pt * 1966 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – 11th – 5pts World Team Cup * 1960 - Göteborg, Ullevi (with Konstanty Pociejkewicz / Mieczysław Połukard / Jan Malinowski) - 4th - 7pts (2) * 1961 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Mieczysław Połukard / Henryk Żyto / Florian Kapała / Stanisław Tkocz) - Winner - 32pts (10) * 1962 - Slaný (with Mieczysław Połukard / Florian Kapała / Joachim Maj / Paweł Waloszek) - 3rd - 20pts (9) * 1963 - Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Henryk Żyto / Joa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zbigniew Podlecki
Zbigniew Podlecki (19 January 1940 – 8 January 2009) was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who won Team World Champion title in 1965. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. His career ended in 1972 when he had a road accident. He died in Gdańsk in January 2009. His team Wybrzeże Gdańsk named their stadium after him and it i snow called the Stadium Zbigniew Podlecki. World Final Appearances Individual World Championship * 1964 - Göteborg, Ullevi - 14th - 3pts * 1969 - London, Wembley Stadium - Reserve - 3pts World Team Cup * 1964 - Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Andrzej Wyglenda / Marian Kaiser / Marian Rose) - 4th - 16pts (3) * 1965 - Kempten (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Antoni Woryna / Andrzej Pogorzelski) - Winner - 28pts (7) * 1967 - Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Jerzy Trzeszkowski / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Andrzej Wyglenda / Antoni Woryna) - 2nd - 26pts (3) See also * Poland national speedway team * Speedway in Poland Speedway is one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Wyglenda
Andrzej Wyglenda (born 4 May 1941 in Rybnik, Poland) is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider who has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship and Speedway World Team Cup three times. He was won Individual Polish Champion title four times. Between 1985 and 1989 he was a Member of the Sejm of Poland. World Final appearances Individual World Championship * 1964 - Göteborg, Ullevi - 12th - 4pts * 1965 - London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 2pts * 1967 - London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 2pts * 1969 - London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 2pts * 1970 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium - 8th - 7pts * 1973 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - Reserve - 0pts World Pairs Championship * 1971 - Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Jerzy Szczakiel) - Winner - 30pts (15) World Team Cup * 1964 - Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Zbigniew Podlecki / Marian Kaiser / Marian Rose) - 4th - 16pts (8) * 1965 - Kempten (with Antoni Woryna / Zbigniew Podlecki / Andrzej Pogorzelsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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