Alfred Smoczyk Stadium ( pl, Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka) is a

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Leszno Leszno (german: Lissa, 1800–1918 ''Lissa in Posen'') is a historic city in western Poland, within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the seventh-largest city in the province with an estimated population of 62,200, as of 2021. Previously, it ...

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. It is currently used for

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matches and is the home stadium of

Unia Leszno Unia Leszno are a motorcycle speedway team established in 1938 and based in Leszno, Poland. They compete in the Polish Ekstraliga and are the league champions from the 2018 Speedway Ekstraliga season. The team's home track is at the Stadion Alfre ...

. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 people. The stadium is located on ''ulica Strzelecka 7''.

Alfred Smoczyk

Alfred Smoczyk Alfred Smoczyk (11 October 1928 – 26 September 1950) was an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Smoczyk was the first champion of Poland, winning the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1949. In 1950, he was kil ...

(1928–1950) was the first Polish speedway superstar. He successfully competed on Dutch tracks in the late 1940s, but died in a road accident in October 1950. He was a first Individual Polish Champion after

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Alfred Smoczyk Memorial

The track currently hosts the annual Alfred Smoczyk Memorial, held each year since 1951. Former winners include Henryk Zyto, Jan Mucha,

Zenon Plech Zenon Plech (1 January 1953 – 25 November 2020) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider. He finished third in the Speedway World Championship in 1973 and as the runner-up in 1979. Career summary Plech won the Polish National Cha ...

Roman Jankowski Roman Jankowski (born 5 October 1957 in Kościan, Poland) is a speedway rider active from 1976 until 2006. He is a former Polish Champion, having won the title in 1981 and again in 1988. Roman has also represented Poland at the World Team Cup. H ...

Jan Krzystyniak Jan Krzystyniak (born 14 March 1958 in Zielona Góra, Poland) is a retired Polish motorcycle speedway rider, and a speedway team manager. He was Polish Speedway Champion nine times, including pair and team championships. Sport career Jan Krzyst ...

Greg Hancock Gregory Alan Hancock (born June 3, 1970 in Whittier, California) is an American former professional motorcycle speedway rider. As of 2023, he was one of only six riders to have won the individual World Championship four or more times. In addit ...

Tomasz Gollob Tomasz Robert Gollob (; born 11 April 1971 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider. He appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series between its inaugural season in 1995 and 2013. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rid ...

Leigh Adams Leigh Scott Adams (born 28 April 1971 in Mildura, Victoria)Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion. He also w ...

and

Ryan Sullivan Ryan Geoffrey Sullivan (born 20 January 1975, in Fitzroy, Victoria) is a retired Australian international Motorcycle speedway rider who has won the Australian senior, Under-21, and Under-16 championships during his career. Sullivan achieved a ...

. The 2014 Memorial winner was Polish rider

Piotr Świderski Piotr Świderski (born 11 May 1983 in Rawicz, Poland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. Career history Świderski rode for the Peterborough Panthers in 2006 and 2007 before being loaned out to Ipswich for 2008. After being d ...

Track

The track is long and has a

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surface. The track record was made by Janusz Kołodziej (58.12 sec on 9 May 2010).

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Alfred Smoczyk

Alfred Smoczyk Memorial

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