Alfred Smoczyk (11 October 1928 – 26 September 1950) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.
 Alfred Smoczyk Monument in Leszno | |
| Born | 11 October 1928 Kościan, Poland |
|---|---|
| Died | 26 September 1950 (aged 21) near Gostyń, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Career history | |
| 1948–1949 | Unia Leszno |
| 1950 | CWKS Warszawa |
| Individual honours | |
| 1949 | Polish Champion |
| Team honours | |
| 1949 | Polish league Winner |
Speedway career edit
Smoczyk was the first champion of Poland, winning the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1949.[1][2]
In 1950, he was killed in a motorcycle accident in the Kąkolewski forest, near Gostyń.[3] Later that year on 30 September, the Polish President Bolesław Bierut posthumously awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
In 1951, a tournament in Leszno was named in his memory[4] and in 1953 the Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka was named after him.[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ "Polish Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Alfred Smoczyk". Motorsport memorial. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "ALFRED SMOCZYK MEMORIAL". FIM. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka (Stadion Unii Leszno)". Stadium Database. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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