| Paweł Waloszek | |
| Nationality: | Polish |
| Birth Date: | 1938 4, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Świętochłowice, Poland |
| Career1: | Poland |
| Years2: | 1954-1956, 1958, 1961-1985 |
| Career2: | Stal Świętochłowice |
| Years3: | 1957 |
| Career3: | Gwardia Katowice |
| Years4: | 1959 |
| Career4: | Legia Warszawa |
| Years5: | 1960 |
| Career5: | Legia Gdańsk |
| Career6: | Great Britain |
| Years7: | 1961 |
| Career7: | Leicester Hunters |
| Indivyear1: | 1970 |
| Indivhonour1: | World championship silver medal |
| Indivyear2: | 1968 |
| Indivhonour2: | Golden Helmet Winner |
| Indivyear3: | 1968, 1972 |
| Indivhonour3: | European champion |
| Teamyear1: | 1965 |
| Teamhonour1: | World Team Cup |
Paweł Waloszek (28 April 1938 – 7 September 2018) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider who was second in 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship. He earned 74 caps for the Poland national speedway team and won the 1965 Speedway World Team Cup with them.[1]
Waloszek won the Individual Speedway European Championship twice, in 1968 and 1972.[2] [3] He reached five Individual World Championship finals finishing runner-up at the 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship.[4]
He also reached the final of the Polish Individual Speedway Championship eighteen times.[5]
He rode the majority of his career in his native Poland, representing Stal Świętochłowice in a career that lasted 31 years, from 1955 to 1985.[6] He won the bronze medal of the Team Speedway Polish Championship with Śląsk (1972).[5]
Waloszek only rode one season in Great Britain, when he signed for the Leicester Hunters for the 1961 Speedway National League season.[7]
In 2014, the Skalka Stadium was renamed the Paweł Waloszek Stadium in his honour.[5]
Göteborg - 5th place (10 points)
Wrocław - Silver medal (14 points) Chorzów - 7th place (8 points) Göteborg, Ullevi - 5th - 10pts Wrocław, Olympic Stadium - 2nd - 14pts Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 7th - 8pts