Mariusz Okoniewski (10 February 1956, in Poznań – 10 February 2006, in

Śmigiel Śmigiel (german: Schmiegel) is a town in Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 5,420 inhabitants (2004). History Śmigiel was granted town rights in 1415 or perhaps earlier. It was a private town of Polish nobility, adm ...

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- 2008-04-11) was a Polish

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 who won Team Speedway Polish Championship six times and Polish Silver Helmet in 1976. His son

Rafał Rafał is the Polish form of the male given name Raphael. Rafał (Polish pronunciation: ) may refer to: * Rafał Śliż (born 1983), Polish ski jumper *Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz (born 1964), Polish fiction author and journalist *Rafał Andraszak (b ...

(born 1980) is a speedway rider also. Rafał is only double Individual U-19 European Champion. Mariusz Okoniewski died on his 50th birthday.

Career

* Individual Under-21 European Championship **

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

- 8th place (4 points) * Individual Under-21 Polish Championship **

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

- Polish Champion * Golden Helmet **

- 3rd place *

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 ...

(U-21) **

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

- Winner **

- 2nd place

Career

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