Jerzy Trzeszkowski

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Jerzy Trzeszkowski
Born10 January 1945 (1945-01-10)
Wełecz, Poland
NationalityPolish
Career history
Poland
1963-1974 Wrocław
Great Britain
1978 Swindon Robins
Sweden
1979-1981 Kaparna
Individual honours
1967, 1968 Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1980 Allsvenskan Div 2 (South) Champion

Jerzy Trzeszkowski (born 10 January 1945) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. [1] [2] He earned 24 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. [3]

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Speedway career

Trzeszkowski reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions in the 1967 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship. [4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Swindon Robins, [5] with fellow Pole Leonard Raba, [6] during the 1978 British League season. [7] [8]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

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References

  1. ↑ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Jerzy Trzeszkowski Polska". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Robins banking on the unknown" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 11 March 1978. Retrieved 7 March 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.


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