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
Oxford Cheetahs
The Oxford Cheetahs are a British Motorcycle speedway, speedway teamLawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. based at Oxford Stadium, in Oxford, England. They were founded in 1939 and are five times champions of Britain, in 1964 Speed ...
.
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 '
thunderstorm
A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustics, acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder. Relatively weak thunderstorm ...
'.
Results
Domestic competitions
*
Individual Polish Championship
**
2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
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Demographic ...
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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
See also
*
Speedway in Poland
Speedway is one of the most popular sports in Poland. The Ekstraliga has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland. The first meetings in Poland were held in the 1930s.Kevin Meynell & Marcin Babnis (7 July 2004) History of Polish ...
References
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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