Jacek Rempała (born 16 February 1971) is a former

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 from Poland. He earned 8 caps for the

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Career

Rempała represented Poland during the

1991 Speedway World Team Cup The 1991 Speedway World Team Cup was the 32nd edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final was staged at Vojens Speedway Center, Denmark and the host nation Denmark won a ninth title, once again dr ...

. He rode in Poland for 27 years and spent much of it with Unia Tarnów. He won the 1991

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and the 1993 Bronze Helmet. He first rode in Britain when he signed for the

Ipswich Witches The Ipswich Witches are a British motorcycle speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They compete in the British SGB Premiership. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30 ...

for the 1992 British League season. He did not return to Britain again until 2006, when he joined the

Berwick Bandits The Berwick Bandits are a British speedway club, based in Berwick-upon-Tweed. They currently compete in the SGB Championship, racing at Shielfield Park, with home matches usually taking place on Saturday evenings. They also run a second team ...

Family

His brothers, Marcin Rempala,

Grzegorz Rempała Grzegorz (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish given name, equivalent to English '' Gregory''. Its diminutive forms include Grześ, Grzesiek, and Grzesio; augmentative – Grzechu. Individuals named Grzegorz may choose to celebrate their name day o ...

and

Tomasz Rempała Tomasz is a Polish given name, the equivalent of Thomas in English. Notable people with the given name include: *Tomasz Adamek (born 1976), Polish heavyweight boxer * Tomasz Arciszewski (1877–1955), Polish socialist politician and Prime Mini ...

were also speedway riders. His son

Krystian Rempala Krystian is a Polish male given name that is a Polish form of the name Christian, which means "follower of Christ".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Krystian" Retrieved on 12 January 2016. The name may refer to: * Krystian Aranowski (born 1988), Pol ...

was tragically killed in a speedway accident while riding in Poland during 2016.

Major results

World Cup

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- 2nd place in Group C

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rempala, Jacek 1971 births Polish speedway riders Berwick Bandits riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England Coventry Bees riders Ipswich Witches riders Sportspeople from Tarnów Motorcycle racers from Lesser Poland Voivodeship Living people