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]
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]