Paweł Waloszek (28 April 1938 – 7 September 2018) was a Polish 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 clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

rider. He was second in

1970 Individual Speedway World Championship The 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 25th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. Ivan Mauger became the first rider to win the title in three consecutive years, his five ride 15 poi ...

. He earned 74 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). They are one of the most successful speedway nations of all time. History The Polish speedway team parti ...

and won the 1965 Speedway World Team Cup with them.

Career

Waloszek won the

Individual Speedway European Championship The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual individual speedway event organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) to determine the champion of Europe. The competition was founded in 2001 and was initially staged as a one-off ...

twice, in 1968 and 1972. He reached five Individual World Championship finals finishing runner-up at the

. He also reached the final of 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 Maciej Janowski, w ...

eighteen times. He rode the majority of his career in his native Poland, representing Stal Świętochłowice in a career that lasted 31 years, from 1955 to 1985. He won the bronze medal of the

Team Speedway Polish Championship The Team Speedway Polish Championship ( Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1948. In 2000, the First Division was r ...

with Śląsk (

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

). Waloszek only rode one season in Great Britain, when he signed for the

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for the 1961 Speedway National League season. He toured the United Kingdom with the Polish national team in 1966 and 1967.

Honour

In 2014, the Skałka Stadium was renamed the Paweł Waloszek Skałka Stadium in his honour.

Results

World Championships

* Individual World Championship **

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

- lost in Continental Semi-Final **

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

- 12th place in Continental Final **

1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...

- 10th place in Continental Final **

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

- London - 14th place (2 points) **

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

- 11th in Continental Final **

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

- 16th place in European Final **

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

- injury before European Final **

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

- 11th in Continental Final **

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

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- 5th place (10 points) **

1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...

- 13th in Continental Final **

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

- Silver medal (14 points) **

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

- 9th in Continental Final **

- London - 8th place (6 points) **

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

Chorzów Chorzów ( ; ; ) is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM – a metropolis with a population of 2 million. It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa ...

- 7th place (8 points) **

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

- 12th in Continental Semi-Final **

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

- 15th in Continental Final * Team World Championship **

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- Bronze medal

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

- London,

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- 14th - 2pts *

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- 5th - 10pts *

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- 2nd - 14pts *

- London, Wembley Stadium - 8th - 6pts *

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- 7th - 8pts

World Team Cup

(with

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/ Florian Kapała /

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/ Mieczysław Połukard) - 3rd - 20pts (2) *

- London, Wembley Stadium (with Edmund Migoś /

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) - 3rd - 19pts (1) *

- London, Wembley Stadium (with

Antoni Woryna Antoni Woryna (15 February 1941 – 14 December 2002) was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider. He appeared in the Speedway World Championship finals five times. He earned 47 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. Career Wor ...

/ Jan Mucha / Edmund Migoś /

) - 3rd - 20pts (2) *

(with

) - 3rd - 19pts (5) *

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, Olching Speedwaybahn (with Zenon Plech /

/ Marek Cieślak /

Zdzisław Dobrucki Zdzisław Dobrucki (26 November 1944 – 21 May 2021) was an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Dobrucki finished runner-up in the 1967 Polish Junior Individual Speedway Championship. Nine years later in 1976, he was th ...

) - 3rd - 21pts (5) *

- London, Wembley Stadium (with

/ Zenon Plech /

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) - 4th - 8pts (1)

Polish competitions

* Individual Polish Championship **

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- Runner-up **

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...

- Runner-up **

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- Bronze medal * Team Polish Championship **

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

- Bronze medal **

- Runner-up **

- Bronze medal **

- Runner-up * Golden Helmet **

- 4th place (66 pts) **

- 4th place (55 pts) **

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

- 5th place (48 pts) **

- 4th place (66 pts) **

- Runner-up **

- 5th place (58 pts) **

- Winner (74 pts) **

- 5th place (59 pts) **

- Runner-up (71 pts) **

- Runner-up (60 pts) **

- 5th place (63 pts) **

- 5th place (59 pts) **

- 9th place (33 pts) **

- 6th place (51 pts) **

1976 Events January * January 2 – 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 18 – Full diplomatic ...

- 15th place (11 pts)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Waloszek, Pawel 1938 births 2018 deaths Polish speedway riders Sportspeople from Świętochłowice Motorcycle racers from Silesian Voivodeship Leicester Hunters riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England

Career

Honour

Results

World Championships

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

Polish competitions

See also

References