Andrzej Wyglenda (born 4 May 1941 in Rybnik, Poland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.
Career Wyglenda has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship and Speedway World Team Cup three times. He also won Individual Polish Champion title four times.
Wyglenda 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 and a tour with the Polish national team in 1967.
Between 1985 and 1989, Wyglenda was a Member of the Sejm of Poland.
World Final appearances Individual World Championship 1964 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – 12th – 4pts 1965 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 2pts 1967 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 2pts 1969 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 2pts 1970 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium – 8th – 7pts 1973 – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium – Reserve – 0pts
World Pairs Championship 1971 – Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Jerzy Szczakiel) – Winner – 30pts (15)
World Team Cup 1964 – Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Zbigniew Podlecki / Marian Kaiser / Marian Rose) – 4th – 16pts (8) 1965 – Kempten (with Antoni Woryna / Zbigniew Podlecki / Andrzej Pogorzelski) – Winner – 38pts (11) 1966 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Marian Rose / Antoni Woryna / Edmund Migoś) – Winner – 41pts (11) 1967 – Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Antoni Woryna / Jerzy Trzeszkowski / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Zbigniew Podlecki) – 2nd – 26pts (9) 1968 – London, Wembley Stadium (with Edmund Migoś / Paweł Waloszek / Edward Jancarz / Henryk Glücklich) – 3rd – 19pts (2) 1969 – Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Edward Jancarz / Stanisław Tkocz / Henryk Glücklich / Andrzej Pogorzelski) – Winner – 31pts (11) 1971 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Paweł Waloszek / Henryk Glücklich / Antoni Woryna / Edward Jancarz) – 3rd – 19pts (2)
Domestic competitions Individual Polish Championship 1964 – Winner 1965 – 2nd 1968 – Winner 1969 – Winner 1970 – 2nd 1971 – 3rd 1973 – Winner
Political career In Polish legislative election on 13 October 1985 he was a candidate of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) to the Sejm of the People's Republic of Poland. His term was started on 13 October 1985 and was end 3 June 1989. He was a member of the Social policy, health and Sport Committee ().orka.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved on 2009-07-28.
See also Poland national speedway team Speedway in Poland List of Polish United Workers' Party members
References
External links (pl) Sejm IX term website