Kolejarz Opole (Railwayman Opole) is a
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 ...
team based in
Opole
Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ;
* Silesian:
** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole''
** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole''
* Silesian German: ''Uppeln''
* Czech: ''Opolí''
* Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...
, Poland. They currently race in the
Polish Speedway Second League
The Polish Speedway Second League or Liga.2 żużlowa is the third division of motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing ove ...
(2. Liga).
History
The club race at the Municipal Speedway Stadium or Mariana Spychała Stadium named after a former rider and coach
Mariana Spychała
Mariana may refer to:
Literature
* ''Mariana'' (Dickens novel), a 1940 novel by Monica Dickens
* ''Mariana'' (poem), a poem by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
* ''Mariana'' (Vaz novel), a 1997 novel by Katherine Vaz
Music
*"Mariana", a so ...
. The speedway track was constructed in 1957.
On 5 April 1957 the speedway club was officially founded as Klub Sportowy Kolejarz Opole and made its debut in the Polish leagues in 1961. The club's first honour was winning the
Polish Speedway First League in 1969 and they went on to win the league three more times in 1974, 1980, 1987. After their 1969 victory they competed in the
highest league and won the bronze medal in 1970. The club later won the Polish Speedway Second League in 2004.
2022 team
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Jacob Thorssell
Jacob Thorssell (born 24 July 1993) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He is a two times Swedish national champion.
Career
Thorssell joined Wolverhampton Wolves in the Elite League for the 2012 season, as a replacement for Pontus ...
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Oskar Polis Oskar may refer to:
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* Oskar (given name), masculine given name
See also
* Oscar (disambiguation)
Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to:
People
* Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name a ...
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Adrian Cyfer
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Esben Hjerrild
Esben Hjerrild (born 9 April 2002) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.
Career
Hjerrild reached the final of the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship.
He rides in the Danish Speedway League for Grindsted (2022 to 202 ...
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Karol Baran
Karol Baran (born 16 August 1981) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Poole Pirates during the 2009 Elite League speedway season. He began his British career ridin ...
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Jakub Krawczyk
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Petr Chlupáč
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Mathias Thörnblom
Mathias Thörnblom (born 14 July 1992 in Malmö) is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider.
Career
Thörnblom made his British leagues debut in 2012 when he rode for Coventry Bees. He reached the final of the 2013 Individual Speedway Junior Europe ...
References
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Polish speedway teams
Opole