Andrzej Krzesiński (speedway rider) explained

Andrzej Krzesiński
Nationality:Polish
Birth Date: 30 September 1934
Birth Place:Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
Career1:Poland
Years2:1951–1952, 1958
Career2:Ostrów
Years3:1953–1955
Career3:Leszno
Years4:1956–1957
Career4:CWKS/Legia Warszawa
Indivyear1:1955
Indivhonour1:Polish Individual Speedway Championship silver
Teamyear1:1953, 1954
Teamhonour1:Polish league champion

Andrzej Krzesiński (30 September 1934 – 26 December 2003) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1] [2]

Career

Krzesiński started his speedway career with Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski, the club in the city he was born and bred in. His first season was during the 1951 Polish speedway season.[2] When the team moved from Ostrów Wielkopolski to Świętochłowice he joined the all-conquering team of Unia Leszno. He was then part of the team that won the Team Speedway Polish Championship during the 1953 and 1954 seasons.[3] [4]

In 1954, he won the Alfred Smoczyk Memorial. The following season in 1955, he finished runner-up to Włodzimierz Szwendrowski in the Polish Individual Speedway Championship.[5]

In 1956, he spent the season with CWKS Warszawa, this was the same season in which he was involved in the fateful 21 April meeting between Poland and Austria. He crashed and was taken to hospital with head injuries[1] and at the same meeting Zbigniew Raniszewski lost his life.[6]

In 1957, he decided to remove a plaster cast which had been applied to an earlier injury and was involved in another serious accident, spending 5 weeks in hospital (one of which he was unconscious). He rode a few matches in 1958 before retiring.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andrzej Krzesiński - a born speedway rider . Sporto We Fakty. 17 August 2014 . 8 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Andrzej Krzesiński . Polish Speedway Database . 8 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Polish Team Championship DMP . Speedway.hg . 8 March 2024.
  4. Web site: Historia Speedway Polsce 1954 . Historia Speedway . 8 March 2024.
  5. Web site: Polish Individual Speedway Championship. Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. 8 March 2024.
  6. Web site: Zbigniew Raniszewski . Motorsport Memorial . 8 March 2024.