Zdzisław Dobrucki

Zdzisław Dobrucki
Born(1944-11-26)26 November 1944
Śrem, Poland
Died21 May 2021(2021-05-21) (aged 76)[1]
NationalityPolish
Career history
1963-1978Unia Leszno
Individual honours
1976Champion of Poland
1968, 1969Polish Junior Champion
Team honours
1972Speedway World Team Cup bronze medal

Zdzisław Dobrucki (26 November 1944 – 21 May 2021) was an international speedway rider from Poland.

Speedway career

Dobrucki finished runner-up in the 1967 Polish Junior Individual Speedway Championship.[2] Nine years later in 1976, he was the Champion of Poland.[2][3] He won a bronze medal at the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1972 Speedway World Team Cup.[4][5][6][7]

He died in 2021.[8]

World final appearances

World Team Cup

References

  1. ^ "Zmarł Zdzisław Dobrucki, były reprezentant Polski". Sportowe Fakty (in Polish). 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  2. ^ a b "Passion for speedway". Leszno - Rozwiń Skrzydła. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  3. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  4. ^ "Britain's retain title". Leicester Daily Mercury. 25 September 1972. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  6. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  7. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  8. ^ "Former Polish national team player dies. He won world championship bronze with the team". Przegląd Sportowy Onet. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  9. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 14 July 2021.


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