Andrzej Wyglenda

Andrzej Wyglenda

Born	(1941-05-04) 4 May 1941 (age 83) Rybnik, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Career history
Poland
1960–1976	Górnik/ROW Rybnik
Individual honours
1964, 1968, 1969, 1973	Polish Champion
1965, 1967	Continental Champion
1967	European Champion
1964	Golden Helmet Winner
Team honours
1971	World Pairs Champion
1965, 1966, 1969	World Team Cup
1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972	Polish League Champion

Andrzej Wyglenda (born 4 May 1941 in Rybnik, Poland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. ^[1]

Career

Wyglenda has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship ^[2] and Speedway World Team Cup three times. He was won Individual Polish Champion title four times. ^[3]

Wyglenda 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 ^[4] and a tour with the Polish national team in 1967. ^[5]

Between 1985 and 1989 he was a Member of the Sejm of Poland.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1964 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – 12th – 4pts
• 1965 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 2pts
• 1967 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 2pts
• 1969 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 2pts
• 1970 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium – 8th – 7pts
• 1973 – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium – Reserve – 0pts

World Pairs Championship

• 1971 – Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Jerzy Szczakiel) – Winner – 30pts (15)

World Team Cup

• 1964 – Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Zbigniew Podlecki / Marian Kaiser / Marian Rose) – 4th – 16pts (8)
• 1965 – Kempten (with Antoni Woryna / Zbigniew Podlecki / Andrzej Pogorzelski) – Winner – 38pts (11)
• 1966 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Marian Rose / Antoni Woryna / Edmund Migoś) – Winner – 41pts (11)
• 1967 – Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Antoni Woryna / Jerzy Trzeszkowski / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Zbigniew Podlecki) – 2nd – 26pts (9)
• 1968 – London, Wembley Stadium (with Edmund Migoś / Paweł Waloszek / Edward Jancarz / Henryk Glücklich) – 3rd – 19pts (2)
• 1969 – Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Edward Jancarz / Stanisław Tkocz / Henryk Glücklich / Andrzej Pogorzelski) – Winner – 31pts (11)
• 1971 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Paweł Waloszek / Henryk Glücklich / Antoni Woryna / Edward Jancarz) – 3rd – 19pts (2)

Domestic competitions

Individual Polish Championship

• 1964 – Winner
• 1965 – 2nd
• 1968 – Winner
• 1969 – Winner
• 1970 – 2nd
• 1971 – 3rd
• 1973 – Winner

Political career

In Polish legislative election on 13 October 1985 he was a candidate of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) to the Sejm of the People's Republic of Poland. His term was started on 13 October 1985 and was end 3 June 1989. He was a member of the Social policy, health and Sport Committee (Polish : Komisja Polityki Społecznej, Zdrowia i Kultury Fizycznej). ^[6]

See also

• Poland national speedway team
• Speedway in Poland
• List of Polish United Workers' Party members

References

1. "Andrzej Wyglenda Polska". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
2. "It's Ivan and me for pairs event" . Sports Argus. 29 June 1974. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 532. ISBN   0-316-72645-1.
4. "Speedway" . Halifax Evening Courier. 16 July 1965. 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. orka.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved on 2009-07-28.

External links

• (pl) Sejm IX term website