Andrzej Wyglenda
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| Born | 4 May 1941 Rybnik, Poland |
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| 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 |
Andrzej Wyglenda (born 4 May 1941 in Rybnik, Poland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1]
Career
[edit]Wyglenda has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship and Speedway World Team Cup three times. He was won Individual Polish Champion title four times.[2] Between 1985 and 1989 he was a Member of the Sejm of Poland.
World Final appearances
[edit]Individual World Championship
[edit]- 1964 –
Göteborg, 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
[edit]Individual Polish Championship
Political career
[edit]In 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).[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Andrzej Wyglenda Polska". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 532. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ orka.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved on 2009-07-28.
External links
[edit]- (pl) Sejm IX term website
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