Marian Kaiser
{{Short description|Polish speedway rider}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Marian Kaiser
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = Polish
| birth_date = 14 January 1933
| birth_place = Kołodziejewo, Poland
| death_date = 10 April 1991 (aged 58)
| death_place = Regensburg, Switzerland
| career1 = Poland
| career2 = Gorzów
| years2 = 1950-1952
| career3 = Świętochłowice
| years3 = 1953
| career4 = Wrocław
| years4 = 1953-1954
| career5 = Warszawa
| years5 = 1955-1959
| career7 = Gdańsk
| years7 = 1960-1966
| career8 = Great Britain
| career9 = Leicester Hunters
| years9 = 1959
| indivyear1 = 1960, 1966
| indivhonour1 = Speedway World Championship finalist
| indivyear2 = 1957
| indivhonour2 = Polish Championship
| indivyear3 = 1960
| indivhonour3 = European Champion
| indivyear4 = 1962
| indivhonour4 = Continental Champion
| indivyear5 = 1962
| indivhonour5 = Poland Golden Helmet Winner
| teamyear1 = 1961
| teamhonour1 = World Team Cup Winner
}}
Marian Kaiser (14 January 1933 – 10 April 1991) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinal_k|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=7 July 2021}} He earned 31 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=8 August 2023}}
Speedway career
Kaiser reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions, in the 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=World Speedway finals|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=7 July 2021}}
In 1956 he toured the United Kingdom with the Polish team, which cost £2,000 to organise and was paid by the Polish Motor Club and British authorities.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19560504/034/0002 |title=Polish speedway team visits England |website=Halifax Evening Courier |date=4 May 1956 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 September 2024}} He was the Polish champion in 1957 after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship.{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980|pages=101|publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}} Kaiser reached the 1958 European Final as part of the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000844/19580713/147/0019 |title=Challenge |website=Sunday Mirror |date=13 July 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 September 2024}}
Coventry Bees promoter Charles Ochiltree unsuccessfully attempted to sign Kaiser out of retirement in 1968.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19680519/293/0037 |title=Kaiser out - Kasper in |website=Sunday Mirror |date=19 May 1968 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=26 August 2024}}
World final appearances
= Individual World Championship =
- 1960 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 1pt
- 1966 – {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg, Ullevi – 11th – 5pts
= World Team Cup =
- 1960 - {{Flagicon|SWE}} Göteborg, Ullevi (with Konstanty Pociejkewicz / Mieczysław Połukard / Jan Malinowski) - 4th - 7pts (2)
- 1961 - {{Flagicon|POL}} Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Mieczysław Połukard / Henryk Żyto / Florian Kapała / Stanisław Tkocz) - Winner - 32pts (10)
- 1962 - {{Flagicon|TCH}} Slaný (with Mieczysław Połukard / Florian Kapała / Joachim Maj / Paweł Waloszek) - 3rd - 20pts (9)
- 1963 - {{Flagicon|AUT}} Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Henryk Żyto / Joachim Maj / Stanisław Tkocz) - 4th - 7pts (1)
- 1964 - {{Flagicon|FRG}} Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Zbigniew Podlecki / Marian Rose) - 4th - 16pts (0)
References
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Category:Polish speedway riders
Category:Leicester Hunters riders
Category:Polish expatriate speedway riders in England
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