Stanisław Tkocz
Appearance
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Born | 6 November 1936 Rybnik, Poland |
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Died | 19 May 2016 (aged 79) |
Nationality | Polish |
Career history | |
1955–1971 | Górnik/ROW Rybnik |
1972 | Kolejarz Opole |
Individual honours | |
1961, 1966 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
1958, 1965 | Polish champion |
1963 | Continental Champion |
1965 | Poland Golden Helmet Winner |
Team honours | |
1961, 1969 | World Team Cup Winner |
1956, 1957, 1958 1962, 1963, 1964 1965, 1966, 1967 1968, 1970 | Polish League Champion |
Stanisław Tkocz (1936–2016) was an international speedway rider from Poland.[1]
Speedway career
[edit]Tkocz reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions in the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2]
He was a two times Polish champion after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1958 and 1965.[3]
World final appearances
[edit]Individual World Championship
[edit]- 1961 –
Malmö, Malmö Stadion – 15th – 3pts
- 1966 –
Gothenburg, Ullevi – 9th – 7pts
World Team Cup
[edit]- 1961 –
Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Marian Kaiser / Henryk Żyto / Mieczysław Połukard / Florian Kapała) – Winner – 32pts (4)
- 1963 –
Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Henryk Żyto / Marian Kaiser / Joachim Maj / Andrzej Pogorzelski) – 4th – 7pts (1)
- 1969 –
Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Edward Jancarz / Andrzej Wyglenda / Henryk Glücklich / Andrzej Pogorzelski) – Winner – 31pts (4)
References
[edit]- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.