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.[1]

Career

Woryna began his speedway career with Rybnik during the 1965 Polish speedway season. He would remain with the club for his entire Polish league career.[2] He was part of the Górnik/ROW Rybnik team that dominated the Team Speedway Polish Championship during the 1960s and were rewarded with United Kingdom tours in 1965,[3] 1966[4] and 1967.[5]

He was the first Polish rider to win a medal at Speedway World Championship, when he won the bronze medal at the 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship. He was also a member of the Polish World Team Cup winning teams of 1965 and 1966.

He rode in Great Britain from 1973 to 1974, after joining the Poole Pirates.[6][7]

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

References

  1. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Rider Statistics". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Speedway". Halifax Evening Courier. 16 July 1965. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "European finalists on city circuit". Star Green 'un. 30 July 1966. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Polish national team photograph". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 22 July 1967. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Reading wait for Murray". Reading Evening Post. 5 March 1973. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  8. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Woryna
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