Piotr Pyszny (born 18 August 1953) 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. He earned 20 international caps for the

Poland national speedway team The Poland national speedway team is the national motorcycle speedway team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Motor Union ( PZM). The team is one of the major teams in international speedway and they won the Team World Championship nine ti ...

Career

Pyszny came to prominence when he won the bronze medal in the

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 ...

during the

1973 Polish speedway season The 1973 Polish Speedway season was the 1973 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland. Individual Polish Individual Speedway Championship The 1973 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 30 September at Rybnik. Golden Hel ...

. He spent his entire Polish career riding for Rybnik. He represented the

during the final of the

1979 Speedway World Team Cup The 1979 Speedway World Team Cup was the 20th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place on 16 September at the White City Stadium in London. New Zealand won their first title defeating ...

. He continued to participate in other World Cups and went on to ride for Poland a total of 20 times. He made his British leagues debut in the

1979 British League season The 1979 Gulf British League season was the 45th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 15th season known as the British League. Summary The league was sponsored by Gulf Oil for a fifth season. It comprised 18 teams - on ...

, riding briefly for Poole Pirates and then rode for Halifax Dukes for two full seasons in 1980 and 1981.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pyszny, Piotr Living people 1953 births Polish speedway riders Eastbourne Eagles riders Halifax Dukes riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England Poole Pirates riders