Mirosław Korbel
{{Short description|Polish speedway rider}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Mirosław Korbel
| image =
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| nationality = Polish
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|31 January 1963}}
| birth_place = Rydułtowy, Poland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| career1 = Poland
| career2 = Rybnik
| years2 = 1983–1994, 1996–1998
| career3 = Piła
| years3 = 1995
| career4 = Kraków
| years4 = 1999
| career5 = Świętochłowice
| years5 = 2000–2002
| indivyear1 = 1990
| indivhonour1 = Polish championship silver
| indivyear2 = 1990
| indivhonour2 = Golden Helmet winner
}}
Mirosław Korbel (born 31 January 1963) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/miroslaw-korbel/ |title=Korbel, Mirosław |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=24 February 2023}} Since retiring he has been a team coach for Kolejarz Opole.{{cite web |url=https://www.polskizuzel.pl/tag/miroslaw-korbel/ |title=Miroslaw Korbel Archives |website=PZM |access-date=24 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://krakow.naszemiasto.pl/tag/miroslaw-korbel |title=Mirosław korbel |website=Krakow Nasze Miasto |access-date=10 September 2024 }}
Career
Korbel won the gold medal in the prestigious Golden Helmet during the 1990 Polish speedway season.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_1990.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 1990 |website=Historia Speedway |access-date=24 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/zlotykask.php |title=HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1961-2023 |website=Speedway History |access-date=23 February 2023}} During the same season he won the silver medal at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship behind Zenon Kasprzak.
He spent the majority of his career riding for Rybnik, where he won three medals at the Polish league championships (two silver and one bronze).{{cite web |url=http://speedwayfansite.com/ligi/pgeekstraliga.html |title=Polish Team Championship (PGE Ekstraliga) |website=Speedway Fan Site |access-date=24 February 2023}}
In 1987 he toured the United Kingdom with the Polish team.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000740/19870527/370/0017 |title=Back in the Big Time! |website=Edinburgh Evening News |date=27 May 1987 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 September 2024}}
He competed in the 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship qualifying, winning the first Continental round and reaching the Continental Speedway Final.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/88.htm#1988 |title= 1988 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP. |website=Speedway.org |access-date=24 February 2023}}
References
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Category:Polish speedway riders
Category:People from Rydułtowy
Category:Motorcycle racers from Silesian Voivodeship
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