Andrzej Huszcza
Born | Krępa, Poland | 10 March 1957
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Nationality | Poland |
Current club information | |
Career status | Retired |
Career history | |
1975-2005 | ZKŻ Zielona Góra (POL) |
1980, 1981 | Leicester Lions |
1981 | Hackney Hawks |
1981 | Reading Racers |
2006-2007 | PSŻ Poznań (POL) |
Individual honours | |
Polish Champion | |
Team honours | |
1979, 1982, 1983 | Polish Pairs Champion |
1981, 1982, 1985, 1991 | Team Polish Champion |
Andrzej Huszcza [ˈandrzɛj ˈxuszt͡sza] (listen) (born 10 March 1957 in Krępa, Poland) is a Polish former international motorcycle speedway rider who was a reserve (did not ride) in the 1988 World Final in Vojens, Denmark.[1]
Huszcza rode for Falubaz Zielona Góra for thirty years from 1975 until 2005. He then spent two seasons with PSŻ Poznań before finally retiring aged fifty. Huszcza spent two seasons in the UK riding for the Hackney Hawks, Reading Racers and the Leicester Lions in the British League.[2]
In 2008, he returned to ZKŻ Zielona Góra as coach.
Huszcza is the father of three daughters.
World Final Appearances[]
Individual World Championship[]
- 1988 - Vojens, Speedway Center - Reserve - did not ride.[3]
World Pairs Championship[]
World Team Cup[]
- 1978 - Landshut, (with Edward Jancarz / Zenon Plech / Marek Cieślak / Jerzy Rembas) - 3rd - 16+3pts (1)
- 1980 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Zenon Plech / Roman Jankowski / Edward Jancarz / Jerzy Rembas) - 3rd - 15pt (2)
European Championship[]
World (European) Under-21 Championship[]
- 1977 - DEN Vojens, Speedway Center - 10th - 3pts
Polish Championship[]
- 1982 - Zielona Góra - Winner
References[]
- ^ Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). 1986 Speedway Yearbook. ISBN 0-948882-00-X
- ^ Fenn, C.(2003). Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2737-7
- ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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Categories:
- Polish speedway riders
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Hackney Hawks riders
- Leicester Lions riders
- Reading Racers riders
- People from Zielona Góra County
- Sportspeople from Lubusz Voivodeship
- Polish speedway biography stubs