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Andrzej Pogorzelski

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Andrzej Pogorzelski
Born(1938-10-12)12 October 1938
Leszno, Poland
Died16 October 2020(2020-10-16) (aged 82)
NicknamePuzon
NationalityPolish
Career history
Poland
1956, 1973-1976Unia Leszno
1957-1961Start Gniezno
1962-1972Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski
Individual honours
1966Continental Champion
1966Golden Helmet
Team honours
1965, 1966, 1969World Team Cup Winner
1969Polish League Champion

Andrzej Pogorzelski (12 October 1938 – 16 October 2020) was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider and coach.

Career

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He started his career in Unia Leszno and represented the club in 1956 and 1973-1976 seasons. While at Unia Leszno he won 2 bronze medals (1975, 1976) on Team Speedway Polish Championship. During the 1957-1961 seasons he rode in Start Gniezno and moved to Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski in winter 1962. While in Stal he won 1 gold (1969) and 5 silver (1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971) medals in Team Speedway Polish Championship.[1]

During riding for Stal he held double record of the track in Gorzow Wielkopolski in seasons 1964 (76.4 sec - 18/10/1964) and 1969 (73.3 sec - 18/05/1969).[2][3]

Andrzej won 3 bronze medals in the Polish Individual Speedway Championship (1964, 1965, 1966). He also won the Golden Helmet tournament in 1966,[4] in 1964 (2nd place), [5] 1965 (2nd place) [6] and 1969 (2nd place), [7] and was finalist in the Silver Helmet tournament of the season 1962 (3rd place). [8]

International appearances

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Six-time finalist of the Speedway World Team Cup, where together with the Polish National Team he won 3 gold (1965,[9] 1966,[10] 1969) [11] and 1 silver medal (1967),[12] and finished in 4th place twice (1963, 1964).[13]

Finalist of the Speedway World Championship in seasons: 1965 (9th place), 1966 (12th place), 1967 (9th place) and 1969 (9th place).

After retirement

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After his career he competed in the many tournaments among others, for example in Edward Jancarz Memorial and he won significant achievements as a speedway coach.

Pogorzelski died on 16 October 2020, aged 82.[14]

Monuments and plaques

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Commemorative plaque at the Stal's Edward Jancarz Stadium unveiled on 18 December 2015.[15][16][17]

World Final Appearances

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Individual World Championship

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World Team Cup

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References

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  1. ^ "Historia". Polskizuzel.pl. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Gorzów Wlkp". Gazetalubuska.pl. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Areny zmagań ligowych: Stadion im. Edwarda Jancarza w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim - WP SportoweFakty". Sportowefakty.wp.pl. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ Roman Lach. "Złoty Kask 1966". Rlach.republika.pl. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. ^ Roman Lach. "Złoty Kask 1964". Rlach.republika.pl. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. ^ Roman Lach. "Złoty Kask 1965". Rlach.republika.pl. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  7. ^ Roman Lach. "Złoty Kask 1966". Rlach.republika.pl. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. ^ Roman Lach. "Srebrny Kask 1962". Rlach.republika.pl. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. ^ "World Team Cup 1965". Internationalspeedway.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  10. ^ "World Team Cup 1966". Internationalspeedway.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  11. ^ "World Team Cup 1969". Internationalspeedway.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  12. ^ "World Team Cup 1967". Internationalspeedway.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  13. ^ "World Team Cup 1963". Internationalspeedway.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  14. ^ Zmarła jedna z najbarwniejszych postaci polskiego i światowego żużla (in Polish)
  15. ^ "Andrzej Pogorzelski – kolejny z wielkich z pamiątkową tablicą - - 2015-12-17". Echogorzowa.pl. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Andrzej Pogorzelski w Alei Sław!". Stalgorzow.pl. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Andrzej Pogorzelski odsłonił swoją tablicę w Alei Sław na Stadionie im. Edwarda Jancarza - w ZUZELEND.com - Żużel: Informacje, wyniki, tabele, społeczność - Świat Speedway -a". Zuzelend.com. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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