Zbigniew Raniszewski
Gwardia Bydgoszcz | |
| Individual honours | |
|---|---|
| 1951, 1955 | Polish Individual Speedway Championship bronze |
| 1951, 1953 | Criterium of Aces |
| Team honours | |
| 1955 | Polish league champion |
Zbigniew Raniszewski (22 April 1927 – 21 April 1956) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1][2]
Career
Raniszewski started his speedway career with
Gwardia Bydgoszcz and his first league season was during the 1951 Polish speedway season.[1] It turned out to be his breakthrough season because he won the bronze medal behind Włodzimierz Szwendrowski and Alfred Spyra in the Polish Individual Speedway Championship[3] and also won the silver medal in the Team Speedway Polish Championship.[4]
As a member of the Gwardia Bydgoszcz team he went on to win a silver medal in 1953. He was also twice winner of the Criterium Aces at his home track in 1951 and 1953.[5]
In 1955, he won another bronze medal at the Individual Polish Championship and won the Polish league title with Gwardia Bydgoszcz.[6]
On 21 April 1956, he was representing Poland against Austria at the
Praterstadion in Vienna, when he lost his life in a crash. On the first bend he hit a set of stairs that had not been protected by a safety fence.[7]
After his death the KS Apator Stadium was prefixed with his name as a mark of respect.
See also
Rider deaths in motorcycle speedway
References
- ^ a b "Zbigniew Raniszewski". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Zbigniew Raniszewski 1927 -1956". Raniszewski.com. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Polish Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1953". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1955". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Zbigniew Raniszewski". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 8 March 2024.