About Józef Olejniczak
Lived 1918 – 2001 (aged 82). Józef Olejniczak was a Polish athlete and speedway rider.
Józef Olejniczak (5 September 1918 – 13 March 2001) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He was the 1950 Polish champion.
Career Olejniczak became the champion of Poland after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1950, during the 1950 Polish speedway season.
From 1949 to 1954, he won six consecutive Team Speedway Polish Championships, as part of the Unia Leszno team that dominated the Polish leagues from the 1949 Polish speedway season, through to the 1954 Polish speedway season. The Leszno team included riders such as Alfred Smoczyk, Jan Malinowski and Henryk Żyto.
In 2021, the Unia Leszno club applied to the authorities for the square outside the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium to be named after Józef Olejniczak.
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Who was Józef Olejniczak?
Polish speedway rider (1918-2001)
When was Józef Olejniczak born?
Józef Olejniczak was born on 5 September 1918.
When did Józef Olejniczak die?
Józef Olejniczak died on 13 March 2001 in Leszno.
What was Józef Olejniczak's occupation?
Józef Olejniczak was an athlete and speedway rider.
What nationality was Józef Olejniczak?
Józef Olejniczak was Polish.
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