Edmund Migoś (1937-2006) was an international speedway rider from Poland.

Speedway career

Migoś won a gold medal in the

Speedway World Team Cup The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual motorcycle speedway, speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001. Format From 1960 until 1985, each team c ...

in the

1966 Speedway World Team Cup The 1966 Speedway World Team Cup was the seventh edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place in Wrocław, Poland. The title was won by Poland for the third time. Qualification Cont ...

and two bronze medals in 1968 and 1970. Migoś toured the United Kingdom with the Polish national team in 1966 and 1967. In 2019, a monumnet was erected in his honour in Gorzów.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

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– Reserve – 4pts

World Team Cup

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- Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with

Andrzej Pogorzelski Andrzej Pogorzelski (12 October 1938 – 16 October 2020) was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider and coach. Career He started his career in Unia Leszno and represented the club in 1956 and 1973-1976 seasons. While at Unia Leszno he won 2 bronz ...

Andrzej Wyglenda Andrzej Wyglenda (born 4 May 1941 in Rybnik, Poland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. Career Wyglenda has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship and Speedway World Team Cup three times. He was won Polish Individual Speedw ...

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/ Marian Rose) - Winner - 41pts - (did not ride) *

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- London,

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(with

Edward Jancarz Edward 'Ed' Jancarz (20 August 1946 – 11 January 1992) was a Polish international Motorcycle speedway, speedway rider. He earned 76 international caps for the Poland speedway team. Career Jancarz participated in ten Speedway World Champion ...

Paweł Waloszek Paweł Waloszek (28 April 1938 – 7 September 2018) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider. He was second in 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship. He earned 74 caps for the Poland national speedway team and won the 1965 S ...

/ Andrzej Wyglenda /

Henryk Glücklich Henryk Glücklich (22 January 1945 – 23 September 2014) was a Polish motorcycle speedway. Career Glücklich appeared in the Speedway World Championship finals three times, finishing fifth in 1970. He also rode in five World Team Cup finals ...

) - 3rd - 19pts (8) *

- London, Wembley Stadium (with Jan Mucha / Paweł Waloszek / Antoni Woryna / Henryk Glücklich) - 3rd - 20pts (4)

References

1937 births 2006 deaths Polish speedway riders {{Poland-speedway-bio-stub