Antoni Woryna
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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
- 1965 - Template:Flagicon London, Wembley Stadium - 10th - 6pts
- 1966 - Template:Flagicon Gothenburg, Ullevi - 3rd - 13pts
- 1967 - Template:Flagicon London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 5pts
- 1968 - Template:Flagicon Gothenburg, Ullevi - 12th - 5pts
- 1970 - Template:Flagicon Wrocław, Olympic Stadium - 3rd - 13pts [8]
World Team Cup
- 1965 - Template:Flagicon Kempten, Illerstadion (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Zbigniew Podlecki / Andrzej Pogorzelski) - Winner - 38pts (9)
- 1966 - Template:Flagicon Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Marian Rose / Edmund Migoś) - Winner - 41pts (11)
- 1967 - Template:Flagicon Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Jerzy Trzeszkowski / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Andrzej Wyglenda / Zbigniew Podlecki) - 2nd - 26pts (10)
- 1970 - Template:Flagicon London, Wembley Stadium (with Jan Mucha / Paweł Waloszek / Edmund Migoś / Henryk Glücklich) - 3rd - 20pts (5)
- 1971 - Template:Flagicon Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Paweł Waloszek / Henryk Glücklich / Edward Jancarz / Andrzej Wyglenda) - 3rd - 19pts (4)
References
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- ↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Template:ISBN
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