Józef Olejniczak Explained

Józef Olejniczak
Nationality:Polish
Birth Place:Haspe, Poland
Death Place:Leszno, Poland
Career1:Poland
Career2:Unia Leszno
Years2:1948–1956
Indivyear1:1950
Indivhonour1:Polish champion
Teamyear1:1949, 1950, 1951
1952, 1953, 1954
Teamhonour1:Polish league champions

Józef Olejniczak (5 September 1918 – 13 March 2001) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1] [2] He was the 1950 Polish champion.[3]

Career

Olejniczak became the champion of Poland after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1950, during the 1950 Polish speedway season.[4]

From 1949 to 1954, he won six consecutive Team Speedway Polish Championships, as part of the Unia Leszno team that dominated the Polish leagues from the 1949 Polish speedway season, through to the 1954 Polish speedway season. The Leszno team included riders such as Alfred Smoczyk, Jan Malinowski and Henryk Żyto.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olejniczak, Józef . Polish Speedway Database . 24 February 2023.
  2. Web site: Joseph Olejniczak. Sport We Fakty . 24 February 2023.
  3. Book: Bott, Richard. The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. 1980. 101. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. 0-09-141751-1.
  4. Web site: Historia Speedway Polsce 1950 . Historia Speedway . 24 February 2023.
  5. Web site: HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2013 . Speedway History . 24 February 2023.