Antoni Woryna

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Antoni Woryna
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Born(1941-02-15)15 February 1941
Rybnik, Poland
Died14 December 2002(2002-12-14) (aged 61)
NationalityPolish
Career history
Poland
1960-1972, 1975 Górnik/ROW Rybnik
Great Britain
1973-1974 Poole Pirates
Individual honours
1966 Polish Champion
1969Continental Champion
1967 Poland Golden Helmet Winner
Team honours
1965, 1966 World Team Cup Winner
1962, 1963,
1964, 1965,
1966, 1967,
1968, 1970,
1972		 Polish League Champion

Antoni Woryna (15 February 1941 in Rybnik, Poland - 14 December 2002) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland, who appeared in the Speedway World Championship finals five times. He earned 47 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. [1]

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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 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. [3]

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

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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. ↑ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN   0-7524-2402-5


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