Joachim Maj

Joachim Maj

Born	(1932-08-21)21 August 1932 Borowa Wieś, Poland
Died	20 April 2019(2019-04-20) (aged 86)
Nationality	Polish
Career history
1951-1952, 1955-1969	Górnik/ROW Rybnik
1953-1954	CWKS Wrocław
Individual honours
1963	Poland Golden Helmet Winner
Team honours
1962	Speedway World Team Cup bronze medal
1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968	Polish League Champion

Joachim Maj (21 August 1932 – 20 April 2019) was an international speedway rider from Poland.^[1][2][3][4]

Speedway career

Maj reached the 1958 European Final as part of the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship.^[5]

Maj reached the final of the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1962 Speedway World Team Cup where he won a bronze medal.^[6][2][3][4]

Maj was part of the Górnik/ROW Rybnik team that dominated the Team Speedway Polish Championship during the 1960s and were rewarded with a United Kingdom tour in 1965.^[7]

World final appearances

World Team Cup

• 1962 - Slaný (with Marian Kaiser / Florian Kapała / Paweł Waloszek / Mieczysław Połukard) - 3rd - 20pts (4)
• 1963 - Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Marian Kaiser / Henryk Żyto / Stanisław Tkocz) - 4th - 7pts (1)

References

1. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
2. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
3. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
4. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
5. "Challenge". Sunday Mirror. 13 July 1958. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
7. "Speedway". Halifax Evening Courier. 16 July 1965. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.