Andrzej Wyglenda

Andrzej Wyglenda (born 4 May 1941 in Rybnik, Poland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.^[1]

Career

Wyglenda has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship^[2] and Speedway World Team Cup three times. He was won Individual Polish Champion title four times.^[3]

Wyglenda was part of the Górnik/ROW Rybnik team that dominated the Team Speedway Polish Championship during the 1960s and were rewarded with a United Kingdom tour in 1965^[4] and a tour with the Polish national team in 1967.^[5]

Between 1985 and 1989 he was a Member of the Sejm of Poland.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

1964 – Göteborg, Ullevi – 12th – 4pts
1965 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 2pts
1967 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 2pts
1969 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 2pts
1970 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium – 8th – 7pts
1973 – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium – Reserve – 0pts

World Pairs Championship

1971 – Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Jerzy Szczakiel) – Winner – 30pts (15)

World Team Cup

1964 – Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Zbigniew Podlecki / Marian Kaiser / Marian Rose) – 4th – 16pts (8)
1965 – Kempten (with Antoni Woryna / Zbigniew Podlecki / Andrzej Pogorzelski) – Winner – 38pts (11)
1966 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Marian Rose / Antoni Woryna / Edmund Migoś) – Winner – 41pts (11)
1967 – Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Antoni Woryna / Jerzy Trzeszkowski / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Zbigniew Podlecki) – 2nd – 26pts (9)
1968 – London, Wembley Stadium (with Edmund Migoś / Paweł Waloszek / Edward Jancarz / Henryk Glücklich) – 3rd – 19pts (2)
1969 – Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Edward Jancarz / Stanisław Tkocz / Henryk Glücklich / Andrzej Pogorzelski) – Winner – 31pts (11)
1971 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Paweł Waloszek / Henryk Glücklich / Antoni Woryna / Edward Jancarz) – 3rd – 19pts (2)

Domestic competitions

Individual Polish Championship

1964 – Winner
1965 – 2nd
1968 – Winner
1969 – Winner
1970 – 2nd
1971 – 3rd
1973 – Winner

Political career

In Polish legislative election on 13 October 1985 he was a candidate of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) to the Sejm of the People's Republic of Poland. His term was started on 13 October 1985 and was end 3 June 1989. He was a member of the Social policy, health and Sport Committee (Polish: Komisja Polityki Społecznej, Zdrowia i Kultury Fizycznej).^[6]

References

^ "Andrzej Wyglenda Polska". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^ "It's Ivan and me for pairs event". Sports Argus. 29 June 1974. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 532. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
^ "Speedway". Halifax Evening Courier. 16 July 1965. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Polish national team photograph". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 22 July 1967. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ orka.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved on 2009-07-28.

External links

(pl) Sejm IX term website