Andrzej Pogorzelski (12 October 1938 – 16 October 2020) was a Polish
motorcycle speedway rider and coach.
Career
He started his career in
Unia Leszno
Unia Leszno are a motorcycle speedway team established in 1938 and based in Leszno, Poland. They compete in the Polish Ekstraliga and are the league champions from the 2018 Speedway Ekstraliga season. The team's home track is at the Stadion Alfr ...
and represented the club in 1956 and 1973-1976 seasons. While at
Unia Leszno
Unia Leszno are a motorcycle speedway team established in 1938 and based in Leszno, Poland. They compete in the Polish Ekstraliga and are the league champions from the 2018 Speedway Ekstraliga season. The team's home track is at the Stadion Alfr ...
he won 2 bronze medals (1975, 1976) on
Team Speedway Polish Championship The Team Speedway Polish Championship ( Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1948.
The team winning the league is award ...
. 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 The Team Speedway Polish Championship ( Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1948.
The team winning the league is award ...
.
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
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 ...
(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 '' (3rd place). ''
International appearances
Six-time finalist of the
Speedway World Team Cup, where together with the
Polish National Team he won 3 gold (1965, 1966, 1969) and 1 silver medal (1967), and finished in 4th place twice (1963, 1964).
Finalist of the
Speedway World Championship
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in seasons: 1965 '' (9th place), '' 1966 '' (12th place), '' 1967 '' (9th place) and '' 1969 '' (9th place). ''
After retirement
After his career he competed in the many tournaments among others, for example in
Edward Jancarz Memorial The Edward Jancarz Memorial ( pl, Memoriał im. Edwarda Jancarza) is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Stal Gorzów Wlkp. The Memorial held in the Edward Jancarz Stadium in Gorzów Wielkopolski. Memorial is irregular and fi ...
and he won significant achievements as a speedway coach.
Pogorzelski died on 16 October 2020, aged 82.
Monuments and plaques
Commemorative plaque at the
Stal's Edward Jancarz Stadium unveiled on 18 December 2015.
World Final Appearances
Individual World Championship
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1965 -
London
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,
Wembley Stadium
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- 9th - 7pts
*
1966 -
Göteborg
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Ullevi
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- 12th - 5pts
*
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
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London
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,
Wembley Stadium
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- 9th - 6pts
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
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London
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,
Wembley Stadium
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- 9th - 7pts
World Team Cup
*
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...
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Vienna
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Stadion Wien (with
Henryk Żyto
Henryk Żyto (1936-2018) was an international speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career
Żyto reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship.
He was the Polish champion in 1963 after ...
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Marian Kaiser
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Speedway career
Kaiser reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions, in the 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1966 Individ ...
/
Joachim Maj
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Speedway career
Maj reached the final of the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1962 Speedway World Team Cup where he won a bronze medal.
World final appearances World Team ...
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Stanisław Tkocz) - 4th - 7pts (0)
*
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...
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Abensberg,
Abensberg Speedwaystadion (with
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 ...
/
Andrzej Wyglenda
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Marian Kaiser
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Speedway career
Kaiser reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions, in the 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1966 Individ ...
/
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 o ...
) - 4th - 16pts (3)
*
1965 -
Kempten
Kempten (, (Swabian German: )) is the largest town of Allgäu, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The population was about 68,000 in 2016. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later taken over by the Romans, who called the town ' ...
(with
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. ...
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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 ...
/
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 th ...
) - Winner - 38pts (11)
*
1966 -
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, rou ...
,
Olympic Stadium
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(with
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. ...
/
Antoni Woryna
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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 o ...
/
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 appearan ...
) - Winner - 41pts (8)
*
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
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Malmö
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,
Malmö Stadion
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(with
Jerzy Trzeszkowski /
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 th ...
/
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. ...
/
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 ...
) - 2nd - 26pts (0)
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
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Rybnik
Rybnik (Polish pronunciation: ; szl, Rybńik) is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, around 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Katowice, the region's capital, and around 19 km (11 miles) from the Czech border. It is ...
,
Rybnik Municipal Stadium
Rybnik (Polish pronunciation: ; szl, Rybńik) is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, around 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Katowice, the region's capital, and around 19 km (11 miles) from the Czech border. It is o ...
(with
Edward Jancarz
Edward 'Ed' Jancarz (20 August 1946 – 11 January 1992) was a Polish international speedway rider.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.
Career
Jancarz rode in the UK for ...
/
Stanisław Tkocz /
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. ...
/
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 ...
) - 'Winner - 31pts (2)
References
External links
Polish Speedway Database - Andrzej PogorzelskiPress articles about Andrzej Pogorzelski
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1938 births
People from Leszno
Motorcycle sportspeople
Polish speedway riders
2020 deaths
Sportspeople from Greater Poland Voivodeship
Polish sportsmen