Andrzej Huszcza (born 10 March 1957 in Krępa, Poland) is a Polish former international

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

rider. He earned 45 international caps for the

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Career

Huszcza rode for

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for thirty years from 1975 until 2005. He then spent two seasons with

PSŻ Poznań Poznańskie Stowarzyszenie Żużlowe (''Poznań Speedway Association'') is a Polish speedway team based in Poznań who currently race in Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga). The club have never ridden in the Polish top division. Their nick ...

before finally retiring aged fifty. Huszcza spent two seasons in the UK riding for

Leicester Lions Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. and again from 2011. The team race at the Beaumont Park Stadium (or Hydroscand Arena for sponsorsh ...

in the

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in addition to the Hackney Hawks and Reading Racers. Huszcza was a reserve (but did not ride) in the 1988 World Final in

Vojens Vojens () is a railway town in Denmark with a population of 7,424 (1 January 2025).ZKŻ Zielona Góra as coach.

Personal life

Huszcza is the father of three daughters.

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

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World Pairs Championship

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Rybnik Municipal Stadium Rybnik Stadium (Polish - Stadion Miejski w Rybniku) is a motorcycle speedway and association football stadium located in the northern part of Rybnik off Gliwicka 72. The stadium is the home arena of Polish speedway team KS ROW Rybnik who compet ...

(with Grzegorz Dzikowski) - 7th - 8pts (4)

World Team Cup

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

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, Ellermühle Stadium (with

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/ Zenon Plech / Marek Cieślak / Jerzy Rembas) - 3rd - 16+3pts (1) *

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(with Zenon Plech / Roman Jankowski /

/ Jerzy Rembas) - 3rd - 15pt (2)

European Championship

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- 9th - 8pts *

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- 12th - 5pts

World (European) Under-21 Championship

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

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Polish Championship

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Zielona Góra Zielona Góra (; ''Green Mountain''; ) is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (). The region is closely associated with vineyards and holds an annual Zielona Góra Wine Fest, Wine Fest. Zie ...

- Winner

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huszcza, Andrzej Polish speedway riders 1957 births Living people Hackney Hawks riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England Leicester Lions riders Reading Racers riders People from Zielona Góra County Motorcycle racers from Lubusz Voivodeship