Marek Cieślak

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Polish motorcycle speedway rider and coach

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::summary Polish motorcycle speedway rider and coach ::

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Field	Value
image	File:Marek Cieślak (Tarnów, 2022).jpg
caption	Cieślak in 2007
name	Marek Cieślak
nationality	Polish
birth_date
birth_place	Milanówek, Poland
retired	Coach
coach	ŻKS ROW Rybnik
manager	Poland team manager (2007–2020)
career1	Poland
years2	1968–1986
career2	Częstochowa
career3	Great Britain
years4	1977–1978
career4	White City
indivyear1	1976
indivhonour1	Golden Helmet Winner
teamyear1	1974
teamhonour1	Polish League Champion
teamyear2	1977
teamhonour2	British League Champion
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Marek Kazimierz Cieślak (born 28 June 1950) is a former speedway rider and current coach. He earned 29 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.

Career

Cieślak rode two seasons in the British leagues after joining White City Rebels for the 1977 British League season.

Cieślak won a second consecutive silver medal at the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1977 Speedway World Team Cup.

In 2007 he was a manager of Poland national team. Poland won Speedway World Cup and Team U-21 World Championship. After victory in SWC, on 30 July 2007 Polish president Lech Kaczyński honoured him Knight's Cross of Order of Polonia Restituta for prominent contributions for development of Polish speedway sport and for achievement in training work. In 2010, Cieślak was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Polonia Restituta for outstanding contribution to the development of speedway in Poland, for achievements in training and coaching.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

1975 – ENG London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 1 pt
1976 – POL Chorzów, Silesian Stadium – 13th – 4 pts
1978 – ENG London, Wembley Stadium – 13th – 5 pts

World Team Cup

1972 – FRG Olching, Olching Speedwaybahn (with Zenon Plech / Paweł Waloszek / Henryk Glücklich / Zdzisław Dobrucki) – 3rd – 21pts (0)
1975 – FRG Norden, Motodrom Halbemond (with Henryk Glücklich / Edward Jancarz / Zenon Plech / Jerzy Rembas) – 4th – 9pt (4)
1976 – ENG London, White City Stadium (with Edward Jancarz / Zenon Plech / Jerzy Rembas / Bolesław Proch) – 2nd – 28pts (7)
1977 – POL Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Jerzy Rembas / Edward Jancarz / Bogusław Nowak / Ryszard Fabiszewski) – 2nd – 25pts (2)
1978 – FRG Landshut, Ellermühle Stadium (with Edward Jancarz / Zenon Plech / Jerzy Rembas / Andrzej Huszcza) – 3rd – 16+3pts (5)
1979 – ENG London, Wembley Stadium (with Zenon Plech / Piotr Pyszny / Robert Słaboń / Andrzej Tkocz) – 4th – 11pts (1)

Manjor results

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[[Polish Individual Speedway Championship|Individual Polish Championship]]

1971 – 14th place
1972 – 6th place
1975 – Silver medal
1976 – 10th place
1979 – 16th place

[[Polish Pairs Speedway Championship|Polish Pairs Championship]]

1976 – Bronze medal
1978 – 4th place

[[Team Speedway Polish Championship|Polish League Championship]]

1974 – Polish Champion
1975 – Silver medal

[[Golden Helmet (Poland)|Poland Golden Helmet]]

1972 – 3rd place (72 points)
1973 – 7th place (53 points)
1975 – 5th place (59 points)
1976 – Winner (54 points)

[[Silver Helmet (Poland)|Poland Silver Helmet (U-21)]]

1969 – 2nd place
1972 – 3rd place

References

Oakes, Peter. (1976). "Who's Who of World Speedway". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
"ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022".
(27 January 1977). "Rebels look like League Contenders".
(19 September 1977). "Collins leads Britain to victory".
"1977 WORLD TEAM CUP".
link. (18 September 2007 – 30 December 2007.)

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