Florian Kapała (1929 - 2007) was an international
speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career
Kapała reached the final of the
Speedway World Championship
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in the
1961 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The final was held outside of Wembley and England for the first time when on the 15 September Ove Fundi ...
.
He was a four times Polish champion after he won gold at 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 1953, 1956, 1961 and 1962.
Kapała won the
World Team Cup
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with Poland in 1961.
World final appearances
Individual
World Championship
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1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
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London
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Wembley Stadium
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- Reserve - Did not ride
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1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
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Malmö
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Malmö Stadion
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- 7th - 8pts
World Team Cup
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1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
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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 ...
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Olympic Stadium
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(with
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 Individ ...
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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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Mieczysław Połukard
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 Cu ...
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Stanisław Tkocz) - Winner - 32pts (6)
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1962 -
Slaný
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Administr ...
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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 Individ ...
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Mieczysław Połukard
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 Cu ...
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Joachim Maj
Joachim Maj (1932-2019) was an international speedway rider from Poland.
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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Paweł Waloszek
Paweł Waloszek (28 April 1938 – 7 September 2018) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider who was second in 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship.
Career details
World Championships
* Individual World Championship
** 1 ...
) - 3rd - 20pts (5)
References
1929 births
2007 deaths
Polish speedway riders
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