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Jerzy Trzeszkowski

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Jerzy Trzeszkowski
Born10 January 1945 (1945-01-10)
Wełecz, Poland
NationalityPolish
Career history
Poland
1963-1974Wrocław
Great Britain
1978Swindon Robins
Sweden
1979-1981Kaparna
Individual honours
1967, 1968Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1980Allsvenskan Div 2 (South) Champion

Jerzy Trzeszkowski (born 10 January 1945) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1][2] He earned 24 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.[3]

Speedway career

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Trzeszkowski reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions in the 1967 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship.[4] He toured the United Kingdom with Poland for the first time in 1967.[5]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Swindon Robins,[6] with fellow Pole Leonard Raba,[7] during the 1978 British League season.[8][9]

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. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Jerzy Trzeszkowski Polska". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  4. ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. ^ "New faces". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 8 July 1967. Retrieved 10 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  7. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  8. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Robins banking on the unknown". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 11 March 1978. Retrieved 7 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.