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Henryk Żyto

Henryk Żyto
Born1 November 1936
Poniec, Poland
Died7 March 2018 (aged 81)
Gdańsk, Poland
NationalityPolish
Career history
Poland
1953-1963Leszno
1965-1980Gdańsk
Great Britain
1960Coventry Bees
Individual honours
1960Speedway World Championship finalist
1963Polish Championship
1960Midland Riders' Champion
Team honours
1961World Team Cup Winner
1953, 1954Polish League Champion
1960Midland Cup

Henryk Żyto (1936-2018) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1] He earned 32 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.[2]

Speedway career

Żyto reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3] Also in 1960, he rode for Coventry Bees in the British speedway leagues,[2] during the 1960 Speedway National League and won both the Midland Riders' Championship[4] and the Midland Cup.[5]

He was the Polish champion during the 1963 Polish speedway season, after he won gold medal at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship.[6][7]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

References

  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 66. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  5. ^ "Bees' Sparkling Win in Midland Cup Final". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 26 September 1960. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Passion for speedway". Leszno - Rozwiń Skrzydła. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  7. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.


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