Stanisław Burza (born 26 September 1977 in

Tuchów Tuchów is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 6,476 (2004). It lies on the ''Biała'' river, at the height of above sea level. The distance to Kraków is , and to the border with Slovakia, approxim ...

, Poland), nicknamed "Stan Storm", 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.

Career

Burza is a 2004 and 2005 Team Polish Champion. In 2006 he was signed by

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Family

Stanisław Burza and his wife, Małgorzata, have one daughter, Justyna (born 2006). The

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

word ''burza'' means '

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Results

Domestic competitions

* Individual Polish Championship **

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...

- 10th place ** ''

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

- 11th place in Quarter-Final 4'' * Team Polish Championship **

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

- Polish Champion with Tarnów **

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

- Polish Champion with Tarnów **

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

- 4th place with Tarnów * Team British Championship ( Elite League) **

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

- Elite League Champion

World Longtrack Championship

Grand=Prix Series

* 2013 1 app (21st) 15pts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burza, Stanislaw 1977 births Belle Vue Aces riders Berwick Bandits riders Coventry Bees riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England Oxford Cheetahs riders Living people People from Tarnów County Polish speedway riders Motorcycle racers from Lesser Poland Voivodeship Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders