Andrzej Tkocz (born 28 September 1951) is a former international speedway rider from Poland. He earned 18 international caps for the

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Speedway career

Tkocz toured the United Kingdom during Poland's 1973 tour when the Poles created significant interest over their fearless riding styles. Tkocz won a bronze medal at the

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in the 1974 Speedway World Team Cup. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1978 to 1979, riding for

Poole Pirates Poole Pirates (also known as Poole Speedway) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the SGB Championship. The club have been the champions of the United Kingdom on ten occasions. Poole Speedway is promoted by l ...

World final appearances

World Team Cup

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

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(with

Zenon Plech Zenon Plech (1 January 1953 – 25 November 2020) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider. He finished third in the Speedway World Championship in 1973 and as the runner-up in 1979. He earned 76 international caps for the Poland nat ...

/ Jan Mucha /

Andrzej Jurczyński Andrzej Jurczyński (born 10 November 1950) is a former international speedway rider from Poland. He earned 24 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. Speedway career Jurczyński won a bronze medal at the Speedway World Tea ...

Jerzy Szczakiel Jerzy Szczakiel (28 January 1949 – 1 September 2020) was a Polish speedway rider. He was one of three Polish nationals to have won the Speedway World Championship, the others being 2010 World champion Tomasz Gollob and the 2019 Speedway Gran ...

) - 3rd - 13pt (2) *

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

– London,

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(with Piotr Pyszny /

Robert Słaboń Robert Słaboń (born 15 September 1953) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He earned 11 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. Speedway career Słaboń reached the final of the Speedway World ...

Marek Cieślak Marek Kazimierz Cieślak (born 28 June 1950) is a former speedway rider and current coach. He earned 29 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. Career Cieślak rode two seasons in the British leagues after joining White Ci ...

) – 4th – 11pts (0)

Family

His older brothers

Stanisław Tkocz Stanisław Tkocz (1936–2016) was an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Tkocz reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions in the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1966 Indi ...

and Jan Tkocz were both speedway riders.

References

1951 births Polish speedway riders Poole Pirates riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England Living people Sportspeople from Rybnik Motorcycle racers from Silesian Voivodeship {{Speedway-stub