Joachim Maj (21 August 1932 – 20 April 2019) was an international speedway rider from Poland.

Speedway career

Maj reached the 1958 European Final as part of the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship. Maj reached the final of the

Speedway World Team Cup The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual motorcycle speedway, speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001. Format From 1960 until 1985, each team c ...

in the 1962 Speedway World Team Cup where he won a bronze medal. Maj was part of the Górnik/ROW Rybnik team that dominated the

Team Speedway Polish Championship The Team Speedway Polish Championship ( Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1948. In 2000, the First Division was r ...

during the 1960s and were rewarded with a United Kingdom tour in 1965.

World final appearances

World Team Cup

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(with

Marian Kaiser Marian Kaiser (14 January 1933 – 10 April 1991) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He earned 31 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. Speedway career Kaiser reached the final of the Speedway Worl ...

/ Florian Kapała / Paweł Waloszek / Mieczysław Połukard) - 3rd - 20pts (4) *

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, Stadion Wien (with Andrzej Pogorzelski /

Henryk Żyto Henryk Żyto (1936–2018) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He earned 32 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. Speedway career Żyto reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1 ...

/ Stanisław Tkocz) - 4th - 7pts (1)

References

1932 births 2019 deaths Polish speedway riders People from Mikołów County Motorcycle racers from Silesian Voivodeship {{Speedway-stub