Jacek Rempała (born 16 February 1971) is a former

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...

rider from Poland.

Career

Rempała represented Poland during the

1991 Speedway World Team Cup The 1991 Speedway World Team Cup was the 32nd edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final was staged at Vojens Speedway Center, Denmark and the host nation Denmark won a ninth title, once again drawi ...

. He rode in Poland for 27 years and spent much of it with Unia Tarnów. He won the 1991

Silver Helmet The Silver Helmet ( pl, Turniej o Srebrny Kask, SK) is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1966. Final Meeting held in PC Team U-21 3rd from last season. Previous winners See also {{Speedwa ...

and the 1993 Bronze Helmet. He first rode in Britain when he signed for the Ipswich Witches for the

1992 British League season The 1992 British League season was the 58th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 28th known as the British League. Summary Reading Racers won the league for the second time in three years. Four riders who won the 199 ...

. He did not return to Britain again until 2006, when he joined the Berwick Bandits.

Family

His brothers,

Marcin Rempala Marcin (Polish pronunciation: ) is a male given name or surname. Notable people with the name Marcin include: Given name * Marcin Dorociński (born 1973), Polish actor * Marcin Gortat (born 1984), Polish basketball player * Marcin Held (born 1992 ...

Grzegorz Rempała Grzegorz (german: Falkenstein) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmża, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Chełmża and north of Toruń ...

and

Tomasz Rempała Tomasz is a Polish given name, the equivalent of Thomas in English. Notable people with the given name include: *Tomasz Adamek (born 1976), Polish heavyweight boxer *Tomasz Arciszewski (1877–1955), Polish socialist politician and Prime Minist ...

were also speedway riders. His son

Krystian Rempala Krystian is a Polish male given name that is a Polish form of the name Christian, which means "follower of Christ".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Krystian" Retrieved on 12 January 2016. The name may refer to: *Krystian Aranowski (born 1988), Poli ...

was tragically killed in a speedway accident while riding in Poland during 2016.

Major results

World Cup

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- 2nd place in Group C

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rempala, Jacek 1971 births Polish speedway riders Berwick Bandits riders Coventry Bees riders Ipswich Witches riders Sportspeople from Tarnów Living people