Joachim Maj (21 August 1932 – 20 April 2019) was an international speedway rider from Poland.[1][2][3][4]

Speedway career

Maj reached the 1958 European Final as part of the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship.[5]

Maj reached the final of the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1962 Speedway World Team Cup where he won a bronze medal.[6][2][3][4]

Maj was part of the Górnik/ROW Rybnik team that dominated the Team Speedway Polish Championship during the 1960s and were rewarded with a United Kingdom tour in 1965.[7]

World final appearances

World Team Cup

References

  1. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  3. ^ a b Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. ^ a b Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  5. ^ "Challenge". Sunday Mirror. 13 July 1958. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Speedway". Halifax Evening Courier. 16 July 1965. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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