Roman Jankowski

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Roman Jankowski
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Born (1957-10-05) 5 October 1957 (age 66)
Kościan, Poland
NationalityPolish
Career history
Poland
1976–2001 Unia Leszno
2002–2003 Warszawa
Great Britain
1980–1981 Hackney Hawks
Individual honours
1981, 1988 Polish Champion
1982, 1984, 1986 Poland Golden Helmet Winner
1979 Poland Silver Helmet Winner
Team honours
1979, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1989 Polish League Champion

Roman Jankowski (born 5 October 1957 in Kościan, Poland) [1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 47 international caps for the Poland speedway team [2] and was twice champion of Poland.

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Career

Jancarz rode from 1976 until 2006. He won the Polish Championship, title twice, in 1981 and again in 1988. [2]

Roman has also represented Poland at the World Team Cup.

He rode for the Hackney Hawks in 1980 and 1981. [3] [4]

Currently he is the youth coach and manager of Unia Leszno.

Personal life

Roman's three sons, Łukasz, Marcin and Norbert are all speedway riders.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

Notes

  1. Oakes, P.(2006). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN   0-948882-30-1
  2. 1 2 "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. Fenn, C.(2003). Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN   0-7524-2737-7
  4. "It looks tougher for Racers in Gold Cup return" . Reading Evening Post. 18 April 1980. Retrieved 8 September 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN   0-7524-2402-5

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