Polish speedway rider (1938–2018)
Paweł Waloszek (28 April 1938 – 7 September 2018) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider who was second in 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship . He earned 74 caps for the Poland national speedway team and won the 1965 Speedway World Team Cup with them.[1]
Career Waloszek won the Individual Speedway European Championship twice, in 1968 and 1972.[2] [3] He reached five Individual World Championship finals finishing runner-up at the 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship .[4]
He also reached the final of the Polish Individual Speedway Championship eighteen times.[5]
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.[6] He won the bronze medal of the Team Speedway Polish Championship with Śląsk (1972).[5]
Waloszek only rode one season in Great Britain, when he signed for the Leicester Hunters for the 1961 Speedway National League season.[7]
Honour Paweł Waloszek Skałka Stadium In 2014, the Skalka Stadium was renamed the Paweł Waloszek Stadium in his honour.[5]
Results
World Championships Individual World Championship 1958 - lost in Continental Semi-Final 1960 - 12th place in Continental Final 1961 - 10th place in Continental Final 1962 - London - 14th place (2 points) 1963 - 11th in Continental Final 1965 - 16th place in European Final 1966 - injury before European Final 1967 - 11th in Continental Final 1968 - Göteborg - 5th place (10 points) 1969 - 13th in Continental Final 1970 - Wrocław - Silver medal (14 points) 1971 - 9th in Continental Final 1972 - London - 8th place (6 points) 1973 - Chorzów - 7th place (8 points) 1974 - 12th in Continental Semi-Final 1975 - 15th in Continental Final Team World Championship 1962 - Slaný - Bronze medal
World Final Appearances
Individual World Championship
World Team Cup
Polish competitions Individual Polish Championship Team Polish Championship 1959 - Bronze medal 1960 - Runner-up 1969 - Runner-up 1970 - Runner-up 1972 - Bronze medal 1973 - Runner-up Golden Helmet 1962 - 4th place (66 pts) 1963 - 4th place (55 pts) 1964 - 5th place (48 pts) 1965 - 4th place (66 pts) 1966 - Runner-up 1967 - 5th place (58 pts) 1968 - Winner (74 pts) 1969 - 5th place (59 pts) 1970 - Runner-up (71 pts) 1971 - Runner-up (60 pts) 1972 - 5th place (63 pts) 1973 - 5th place (59 pts) 1974 - 9th place (33 pts) 1975 - 6th place (51 pts) 1976 - 15th place (11 pts)
See also
References ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF) . British Speedway . Retrieved 9 August 2023 . ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4 . Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1 . ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook . Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 23. ISBN 0-86215-017-5 . ^ "Champion Ivan makes History". Newcastle Journal . 7 September 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive. ^ a b c "Paweł Waloszek is the patron of the stadium in Świętochłowice". Sporto We Fakty . Retrieved 30 January 2024 . ^ "Paweł Waloszek Polska". Polish Speedway Database . Retrieved 9 August 2023 . ^ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF) . Speedway Researcher . Retrieved 9 August 2023 .