Florian Kapała Explained

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]

Speedway career

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]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 7 July 2021.
  2. Web site: World Speedway finals. Speedway Researcher. 8 July 2021.
  3. Book: Bott, Richard. The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. 1980. 101. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. 0-09-141751-1.
  4. Web site: Metalika Recycling Kolejarz Rawicz . Sportowe Katy . 16 November 2023.