The Tournament in Łukasz Romanek Memory () is an annual
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 ...
event held each year organized by the
RKM Rybnik
Klub Sportowy ROW Rybnik, also known as ROW Rybnik, is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Rybnik, which currently competes in Ekstraliga (speedway).
Rybnik is one of the oldest and most successful teams in Polish speedway having won ...
. The Tournament held in the Municipal Stadium in
Rybnik
Rybnik (Polish pronunciation: ; ) is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, around 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Katowice, the region's capital, and around 19 km (11 mi) from the Czech Republic, Czech border. It i ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. It is named after
Łukasz Romanek
Łukasz Romanek (born 21 August 1983 in Knurów, Poland – died 2 June 2006 in Wilcza, Poland) was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider.
Career
Romanek won the title of Under-19 European Champion. He rode for Rybnik in the Team Speedway Poli ...
(1983–2006), a speedway rider who won the
2001 Individual Under-19 European Champion and
2003 Individual Under-21 Polish Champion titles. Romanek hang oneself in June 2006.
Podium
See also
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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 ...
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RKM Rybnik
Klub Sportowy ROW Rybnik, also known as ROW Rybnik, is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Rybnik, which currently competes in Ekstraliga (speedway).
Rybnik is one of the oldest and most successful teams in Polish speedway having won ...
References
External links
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RKM.Rybnik.pl Official website
Romanek
Speedway
Speedway may refer to:
Racing Race tracks
*Daytona International Speedway, a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida.
*Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, a former motor raceway in Edmonton, Alberta.
*Indianapolis Motor Spe ...
Sport in Silesian Voivodeship
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