Andrzej Wyglenda (born 4 May 1941 in Rybnik, Poland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1]
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| Born | 4 May 1941 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 |
Career
editWyglenda 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
editIndividual World Championship
edit- 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
edit- 1971 – Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Jerzy Szczakiel) – Winner – 30pts (15)
World Team Cup
edit- 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
editPolitical career
editIn 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
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Andrzej Wyglenda Polska". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ↑ "It's Ivan and me for pairs event". Sports Argus. 29 June 1974. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 532. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ↑ "Speedway". Halifax Evening Courier. 16 July 1965. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Polish national team photograph". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 22 July 1967. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ orka.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved on 2009-07-28.
External links
edit- (pl) Sejm IX term website
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