Marian Rose
Appearance
Born | Toruń, Poland | 15 August 1933
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Died | 19 April 1970 Rzeszów, Poland | (aged 36)
Nationality | Polish |
Career history | |
1958-1970 | KS Toruń |
Team honours | |
1966 | Speedway World Team Cup gold medal |
Marian Rose (1933-1970) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1]
Speedway career
[edit]Rose won a gold medal in the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1966 Speedway World Team Cup.[2] He was killed in a race at the Stal Rzeszów Speedway Circuit on 19 April 1970, following a combination of hitting his head when falling off his bike and another rider crashing into him at the same time.
In Memoriam
[edit]The Motoarena Toruń im. Mariana Rosego in Poland is named after him.[1]
World final appearances
[edit]Individual World Championship
[edit]- 1965 - London, Wembley Stadium - Reserve - Did not ride
World Team Cup
[edit]- 1964 - Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Zbigniew Podlecki / Marian Kaiser) - 4th - 16pts (2)
- 1966 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Andrzej Wyglenda / Antoni Woryna / Edmund Migoś) - Winner - 41pts (10)
See also
[edit]Rider deaths in motorcycle speedway
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kowalski, Andrzej (19 April 2021). "Marian Rose - the legend of the Toruń club". Speedway Ekstraglia (in Polish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.