Jan Grabowski (speedway rider) explained

Jan Grabowski (speedway rider)
Nationality:Polish
Birth Date:1950 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Myślibórz, Poland
Death Place:Zielona Góra, Poland
Career1:Zielona Góra
Years1:1972-1980
Teamyear1:1973, 1979
Teamhonour1:Team Speedway Polish Championship

Jan Grabowski (27 May 1950, Myślibórz, Poland – 13 February 2017, Zielona Góra) was a Polish speedway rider.[1]

Biography

From 1970 to 1980, he represented Falubaz Zielona Góra. He, with the team, twice won bronze medals at the Team Speedway Polish Championship in 1973 and 1979.[2]

After the end of his active career, he began working as a youth coach in Zielona Góra. In 1985, he became the trainer premier of Falubaz and in the same season he won with his team the title of Team Speedway Polish Championship. Falubaz won another medal, a silver medal, coached by him in 1989.

During his coaching career, he also led, among others, ŻKS ROW Rybnik and KM Ostrów Wielkopolski from November 2010 to his death. He was the first coach of, among others, Piotr Protasiewicz, a multiple medal-winning international speedway rider.[1]

Grabowski died in 2017, at the age of 66.[1] [3] [4]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Odszedł świetny trener. Jan Grabowski nie żyje . Przegląd Sportowy Onet . 8 September 2024 .
  2. Web site: Jan Grabowski . Polish Speedway Database . 8 September 2024 .
  3. Web site: Zmarł Jan Grabowski, wychowawca wielkich talentów. SportoweFakty.pl. Wojciech. Ogonowski. Polish. 13 February 2017. 14 February 2017.
  4. Web site: Nie żyje Jan Grabowski. "Był stworzony do szkolenia żużlowców" . Zielona Gora Wyborcza . 8 September 2024 .