Antoni Woryna
{{Short description|Polish speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| image = Worynaantoni1941.jpg
| name = Antoni Woryna
| nationality = Polish
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|2|15|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|12|14|1941|2|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rybnik, Poland
| career1 = Poland
| years2 = 1960–1972, 1975
| career2 = Górnik/ROW Rybnik
| career3 = Great Britain
| years4 = 1973–1974
| career4 = Poole Pirates
| indivyear1 = 1966
| indivhonour1 = Polish Champion
| indivyear2 = 1969
| indivhonour2 = Continental Champion
| indivyear3 = 1967
| indivhonour3 = Poland Golden Helmet Winner
| teamyear1 = 1965, 1966
| teamhonour1 = World Team Cup Winner
| teamyear2 = 1962, 1963,
1964, 1965,
1966, 1967,
1968, 1970,
1972
| teamhonour2 = Polish League Champion
}}
Antoni Woryna (15 February 1941 – 14 December 2002) was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider. He appeared in the Speedway World Championship finals five times. He earned 47 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=21 August 2023}}
Career
Woryna began his speedway career with Rybnik during the 1965 Polish speedway season. He would remain with the club for his entire Polish league career.{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/antoni-woryna/ |title=Rider Statistics |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=7 March 2024}} He was part of the Górnik/ROW Rybnik team that dominated the Team Speedway Polish Championship during the 1960s and were rewarded with United Kingdom tours in 1965,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19650716/165/0011 |title=Speedway |website=Halifax Evening Courier |date=16 July 1965 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2024}} 1966{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001916/19660730/174/0006 |title=European finalists on city circuit |website=Star Green 'un |date=30 July 1966 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2024}} and 1967.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19670722/509/0041 |title=Polish national team photograph |website=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=22 July 1967 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 September 2024}}
He was the first Polish rider to win a medal at Speedway World Championship, when he won the bronze medal at the 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship. He was also a member of the Polish World Team Cup winning teams of 1965 and 1966.
He rode in Great Britain from 1973 to 1974, after joining the Poole Pirates.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19730305/403/0018 |title=Reading wait for Murray |website=Reading Evening Post |date=5 March 1973 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 September 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/specialfeaturesrideraverages.pdf |title=Rider averages 1929 to 2009 |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=21 August 2023}}
World Final Appearances
=Individual World Championship=
- 1965 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 10th - 6pts
- 1966 - {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg, Ullevi - 3rd - 13pts
- 1967 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 5pts
- 1968 - {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg, Ullevi - 12th - 5pts
- 1970 - {{Flagicon|POL}} Wrocław, Olympic Stadium - 3rd - 13pts Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}
=World Team Cup=
- 1965 - {{Flagicon|FRG}} Kempten, Illerstadion (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Zbigniew Podlecki / Andrzej Pogorzelski) - Winner - 38pts (9)
- 1966 - {{Flagicon|POL}} Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Marian Rose / Edmund Migoś) - Winner - 41pts (11)
- 1967 - {{flagicon|SWE}} Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Jerzy Trzeszkowski / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Andrzej Wyglenda / Zbigniew Podlecki) - 2nd - 26pts (10)
- 1970 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium (with Jan Mucha / Paweł Waloszek / Edmund Migoś / Henryk Glücklich) - 3rd - 20pts (5)
- 1971 - {{Flagicon|POL}} Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Paweł Waloszek / Henryk Glücklich / Edward Jancarz / Andrzej Wyglenda) - 3rd - 19pts (4)
References
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External links
- [http://www.rkm.rybnik.pl/index.php?Itemid=105&id=591&option=com_content&task=view Antoni Woryna - Portrait] {{in lang|pl}}
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Category:Polish speedway riders
Category:Sportspeople from Rybnik
Category:Motorcycle racers from Silesian Voivodeship
Category:Polish expatriate speedway riders in England
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