Florian Kapała | |
Nationality: | Polish |
Birth Date: | 28 March 1929 |
Birth Place: | Szymanowo, Poland |
Death Date: | 19 November 2007 (aged 78) |
Death Place: | Tarnów, Poland |
Career1: | Rawicz |
Years1: | 1948-1950, 1952-1957 |
Career2: | Ostrów |
Years2: | 1951 |
Career3: | Rzeszów |
Years3: | 1958-1967 |
Indivyear1: | 1961 |
Indivhonour1: | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Indivyear2: | 1953, 1956, 1961, 1962 |
Indivhonour2: | Polish champion |
Indivyear3: | 1961 |
Indivhonour3: | Continental Final Champion |
Indivyear4: | 1961 |
Indivhonour4: | Poland Golden Helmet Winner |
Teamyear1: | 1961 |
Teamhonour1: | World Team Cup Winner |
Teamyear2: | 1960, 1961 |
Teamhonour2: | Polish League Champion |
Florian Kapała (1929 - 2007) was an international speedway rider from Poland.[1]
Kapała reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2]
He was a four times Polish champion after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1953, 1956, 1961 and 1962.[3]
Kapała won the World Team Cup with Poland in 1961.
In 2008 the year after his death, the Kolejarz Rawicz renamed their stadium to the Florian Kapała Stadium, in honour of him.[4]