Born | 1 November 1936 Poniec, Poland |
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Died | 7 March 2018 (aged 81) Gdańsk, Poland |
Nationality | Polish |
Career history | |
Poland | |
1953-1963 | Leszno |
1965-1980 | Gdańsk |
Great Britain | |
1960 | Coventry Bees |
Individual honours | |
1960 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
1963 | Polish Championship |
1960 | Midland Riders' Champion |
Team honours | |
1961 | World Team Cup Winner |
1953, 1954 | Polish League Champion |
1960 | Midland Cup |
Henryk Żyto (1936-2018) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1] He earned 32 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.[2]
Żyto reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3] Also in 1960, he rode for Coventry Bees in the British speedway leagues,[2] during the 1960 Speedway National League and won both the Midland Riders' Championship[4] and the Midland Cup.[5]
He was the Polish champion during the 1963 Polish speedway season, after he won gold medal at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship.[6]
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