Born | Opole, Poland | 8 December 1954
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Nationality | Polish |
Career history | |
Poland | |
1973–1986 | Kolejarz Opole |
Great Britain | |
1978 | Swindon Robins |
Individual honours | |
1982 | Polish Individual Speedway Championship silver |
Team honours | |
1984 | World Team Cup finalist |
1974, 1980 | 1. Liga |
Leonard Raba (born 8 December 1954) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. [1] He earned 10 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. [2]
Raba started his speedway career with Kolejarz Opole during the 1973 Polish speedway season. [1] He spent his entire Polish leagues career with the club and helped them win the 1. Liga in 1974. [3] and 1980 [4]
He spent one unsuccessful season riding for Swindon Robins, with fellow Pole Jerzy Trzeszkowski in the British speedway leagues, [5] during the 1978 British League season. [6]
In 1982, he finished runner-up to Andrzej Huszcza in the Polish Individual Speedway Championship. [7]
He ended his speedway career due to injuries (complicated leg fracture) after an accident with Bolesław Proch in 1985, during a league match against Polonia Bydgoszcz.[ citation needed ]
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