Leonard Raba

Polish speedway rider

Leonard RabaBorn|  (1954-12-08) 8 December 1954 (age 70)
Opole, Poland

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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

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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

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### World Team Cup

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

## References

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1. ^ a b "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.

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