Leonard Raba

Leonard Raba

Born	(1954-12-08) 8 December 1954 (age 70) Opole, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Career history
Poland
1973–1986	Kolejarz Opole
Great Britain
1978	Swindon Robins
Individual honours
1982	Polish Individual Speedway Championship silver
Team honours
1984	World Team Cup finalist
1974, 1980	1. Liga

Leonard Raba (born 8 December 1954) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1] He earned 10 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.[2]

Career

Raba started his speedway career with Kolejarz Opole during the 1973 Polish speedway season.[1] He spent his entire Polish leagues career with the club and helped them win the 1. Liga in 1974.[3] and 1980[4]

He spent one unsuccessful season riding for Swindon Robins, with fellow Pole Jerzy Trzeszkowski in the British speedway leagues,[5] during the 1978 British League season.[6]

In 1982, he finished runner-up to Andrzej Huszcza in the Polish Individual Speedway Championship.[7]

He ended his speedway career due to injuries (complicated leg fracture) after an accident with Bolesław Proch in 1985, during a league match against Polonia Bydgoszcz.^[citation needed]

World Final appearances

World Team Cup

• 1984 – Leszno (with Roman Jankowski / Zenon Kasprzak / Bolesław Proch / Zenon Plech) – 4th – 8pt (0)

References

1. "Leonard Raba". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
2. "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
3. "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
4. "Historia Speedway Polsce 1980". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
5. "Robins banking on the unknown". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 11 March 1978. Retrieved 7 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Leonard Raba". WWOS backup. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
7. "Polish Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 7 March 2024.