Marian Kaiser (14 January 1933 – 10 April 1991) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1] He earned 31 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] He was the Polish champion in 1957 after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship.[5] Kaiser reached the 1958 European Final as part of the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship.[6]
Coventry Bees promoter Charles Ochiltree unsuccessfully attempted to sign Kaiser out of retirement in 1968.[7]
World final appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1960 –
London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 1pt - 1966 –
Gothenburg, Ullevi – 11th – 5pts
World Team Cup
- 1960 – Göteborg, Ullevi (with Konstanty Pociejkewicz / Mieczysław Połukard / Jan Malinowski) – 4th – 7pts (2)
- 1961 –
Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Mieczysław Połukard / Henryk Żyto / Florian Kapała / Stanisław Tkocz) – Winner – 32pts (10) - 1962 –
Slaný (with Mieczysław Połukard / Florian Kapała / Joachim Maj / Paweł Waloszek) – 3rd – 20pts (9) - 1963 –
Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Henryk Żyto / Joachim Maj / Stanisław Tkocz) – 4th – 7pts (1) - 1964 –
Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Zbigniew Podlecki / Marian Rose) – 4th – 16pts (0)
References
- ^ “WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX”. British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ “ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022” (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ “World Speedway finals” (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ “Polish speedway team visits England”. Halifax Evening Courier. 4 May 1956. Retrieved 10 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ “Challenge”. Sunday Mirror. 13 July 1958. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ “Kaiser out – Kasper in”. Sunday Mirror. 19 May 1968. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.