Marian Kaiser (14 January 1933 – 10 April 1991) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1] He earned 31 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.[2]
| Born | 14 January 1933 Kołodziejewo, Poland |
|---|---|
| Died | 10 April 1991 (aged 58) Regensburg, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Career history | |
| Poland | |
| 1950-1952 | Gorzów |
| 1953 | Świętochłowice |
| 1953-1954 | Wrocław |
| 1955-1959 | Warszawa |
| 1960-1966 | Gdańsk |
| Great Britain | |
| 1959 | Leicester Hunters |
| Individual honours | |
| 1960, 1966 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
| 1957 | Polish Championship |
| 1960 | European Champion |
| 1962 | Continental Champion |
| 1962 | Poland Golden Helmet Winner |
| Team honours | |
| 1961 | World Team Cup Winner |
Speedway career
editKaiser reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions, in the 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3]
In 1956 he toured the United Kingdom with the Polish team, which cost £2,000 to organise and was paid by the Polish Motor Club and British authorities.[4] He was the Polish champion in 1957 after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship.[5] Kaiser reached the 1958 European Final as part of the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship.[6]
Coventry Bees promoter Charles Ochiltree unsuccessfully attempted to sign Kaiser out of retirement in 1968.[7]
World final appearances
editIndividual World Championship
edit- 1960 -
London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 1pt - 1966 –
Göteborg, Ullevi – 11th – 5pts
World Team Cup
edit- 1960 - Göteborg, Ullevi (with Konstanty Pociejkewicz / Mieczysław Połukard / Jan Malinowski) - 4th - 7pts (2)
- 1961 -
Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Mieczysław Połukard / Henryk Żyto / Florian Kapała / Stanisław Tkocz) - Winner - 32pts (10) - 1962 -
Slaný (with Mieczysław Połukard / Florian Kapała / Joachim Maj / Paweł Waloszek) - 3rd - 20pts (9) - 1963 -
Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Henryk Żyto / Joachim Maj / Stanisław Tkocz) - 4th - 7pts (1) - 1964 -
Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Zbigniew Podlecki / Marian Rose) - 4th - 16pts (0)
References
edit- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Polish speedway team visits England". Halifax Evening Courier. 4 May 1956. Retrieved 10 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ "Challenge". Sunday Mirror. 13 July 1958. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Kaiser out - Kasper in". Sunday Mirror. 19 May 1968. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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