Henryk_Zyto

Henryk Żyto

Henryk Żyto

Polish speedway rider (1936–2018)

Henryk Żyto (1936-2018) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1] He earned 32 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.[2]

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Speedway career

Żyto reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3] Also in 1960, he rode for Coventry Bees in the British speedway leagues,[2] during the 1960 Speedway National League and won both the Midland Riders' Championship[4] and the Midland Cup.[5]

He was the Polish champion during the 1963 Polish speedway season, after he won gold medal at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship.[6]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

References

  1. [1]
    "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. [3]
    "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. [4]
    Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 66. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  5. [5]
    "Bees' Sparkling Win in Midland Cup Final". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 26 September 1960. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. [6]
    Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.


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