Robert Słaboń (born 15 September 1953) is a former international

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 11 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 ...

Speedway career

Słaboń reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the

1979 Individual Speedway World Championship The 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 34th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. In his 14th straight World Final appearance (dating back to 1966), New Zealand's Ivan Mauger won his 6t ...

. He has twice won the bronze medal 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 ...

. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for

Eastbourne Eagles The Eastbourne Eagles were a British speedway team, based at Arlington Stadium, near Eastbourne, England, that raced in the SGB Championship. History Speedway was initially introduced to Eastbourne in 1929. During their first league season th ...

during the

1981 British League season The 1981 British League season was the 47th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 17th known as the British League. Summary The league comprised 16 teams - one fewer than the previous season. Wolverhampton Wolves had d ...

but disappointed scoring a season average of only 2.89. The majority of his career was spent in his native Poland riding for

Sparta Wrocław Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referred t ...

Family

His son

Krzysztof Słaboń Krzysztof Słaboń or Chris Slabon (born 21 February 1981) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Słaboń also held a Canadian licence and rode under the Canadian flag during the 1999 Individual Speedway Junior Worl ...

was also a speedway rider.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

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Chorzów Chorzów ( ; ; german: link=no, Königshütte ; szl, Chorzōw) is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central cities of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union – a metropolis with a population ...

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– 15th – 2pts

World Team Cup

– London,

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(with Piotr Pyszny / Zenon Plech /

Marek Cieślak Marek Kazimierz Cieślak (born 28 June 1950) is a Polish former speedway rider and current coach. In 2007 he was a manager of Poland national team. Poland won Speedway World Cup and Team U-21 World Championship. After victory in SWC, on 30 Ju ...

/ Andrzej Tkocz) – 4th – 11pts (2)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Slabon, Robert 1953 births Living people Polish speedway riders Eastbourne Eagles riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England Sportspeople from Wrocław