Paweł Waloszek

Paweł Waloszek (28 April 1938 – 7 September 2018) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider. He was second in 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship. He earned 74 caps for the Poland national speedway team and won the 1965 Speedway World Team Cup with them.

Career Waloszek won the Individual Speedway European Championship twice, in 1968 and 1972. He reached five Individual World Championship finals finishing runner-up at the 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship.

He also reached the final of the Polish Individual Speedway Championship eighteen times.

He rode the majority of his career in his native Poland, representing Stal Świętochłowice in a career that lasted 31 years, from 1955 to 1985. He won the bronze medal of the Team Speedway Polish Championship with Śląsk (1972). He toured the United Kingdom with the Polish national team in 1966 and 1967.

Honour

In 2014, the Skałka Stadium was renamed the Paweł Waloszek Skałka Stadium in his honour.

Results World Championships Individual World Championship 1958 - lost in Continental Semi-Final 1960 - 12th place in Continental Final 1961 - 10th place in Continental Final 1962 - London - 14th place (2 points) 1963 - 11th in Continental Final 1965 - 16th place in European Final 1966 - injury before European Final 1967 - 11th in Continental Final 1968 - Gothenburg - 5th place (10 points) 1969 - 13th in Continental Final 1970 - Wrocław - Silver medal (14 points) 1971 - 9th in Continental Final 1972 - London - 8th place (6 points) 1973 - Chorzów - 7th place (8 points) 1974 - 12th in Continental Semi-Final 1975 - 15th in Continental Final Team World Championship 1962 - Slaný - Bronze medal

World Final Appearances Individual World Championship 1962 - London, Wembley Stadium - 14th - 2pts 1968 - Gothenburg, Ullevi - 5th - 10pts 1970 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium - 2nd - 14pts 1972 - London, Wembley Stadium - 8th - 6pts 1973 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 7th - 8pts

World Team Cup 1962 - Slaný (with Marian Kaiser / Florian Kapała / Joachim Maj / Mieczysław Połukard) - 3rd - 20pts (2) 1968 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Edmund Migoś / Andrzej Wyglenda / Edward Jancarz / Henryk Glücklich) - 3rd - 19pts (1) 1970 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Antoni Woryna / Jan Mucha / Edmund Migoś / Henryk Glücklich) - 3rd - 20pts (2) 1971 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Henryk Glücklich / Antoni Woryna / Edward Jancarz / Andrzej Wyglenda) - 3rd - 19pts (5) 1972 - Olching, Olching Speedwaybahn (with Zenon Plech / Henryk Glücklich / Marek Cieślak / Zdzisław Dobrucki) - 3rd - 21pts (5) 1973 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Edward Jancarz / Zenon Plech / Jerzy Szczakiel) - 4th - 8pts (1)

Polish competitions Individual Polish Championship 1969 - Rybnik - Runner-up 1972 - Bydgoszcz - Runner-up 1975 - Częstochowa - Bronze medal Team Polish Championship 1959 - Bronze medal 1960 - Runner-up 1969 - Runner-up 1970 - Runner-up 1972 - Bronze medal 1973 - Runner-up Golden Helmet 1962 - 4th place (66 pts) 1963 - 4th place (55 pts) 1964 - 5th place (48 pts) 1965 - 4th place (66 pts) 1966 - Runner-up 1967 - 5th place (58 pts) 1968 - Winner (74 pts) 1969 - 5th place (59 pts) 1970 - Runner-up (71 pts) 1971 - Runner-up (60 pts) 1972 - 5th place (63 pts) 1973 - 5th place (59 pts) 1974 - 9th place (33 pts) 1975 - 6th place (51 pts) 1976 - 15th place (11 pts)