Alfred Smoczyk (11 October 1928 – 26 September 1950) was an international
speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career
Smoczyk was the first 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
1949
Events
January
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In 1950, he was killed in a motorcycle accident in the Kąkolewski forest, near Gostyń. Later that year on 30 September, the Polish President
Bolesław Bierut
Bolesław Bierut (; 18 April 1892 – 12 March 1956) was a Polish communist activist and politician, leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1947 until 1956. He was President of the State National Council from 1944 to 1947, President of Polan ...
posthumously awarded the Officer's Cross of the
Order of Polonia Restituta
The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on al ...
.
In 1951, a tournament in
Leszno
Leszno (german: Lissa, 1800–1918 ''Lissa in Posen'') is a historic city in western Poland, within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the seventh-largest city in the province with an estimated population of 62,200, as of 2021. Previously, it ...
was named in his memory and in 1953 the
Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka was named after him.
See also
*
List of recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta
The List of recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta includes notable recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta sorted by their profession.
Where possible it also lists their country of origin and order grade. People highly distinguished ...
References
1928 births
1950 deaths
Polish speedway riders
Unia Leszno riders
People from Kościan
Sportspeople from Greater Poland Voivodeship
Motorcycle racers who died while racing
Sport deaths in Poland
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