{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Short description|Polish speedway rider (1946–1992)}} {{Use British English|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox speedway rider | name = Edward Jancarz | image = Edward Jancarz03.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1946|8|20}} | birth_place = [[Gorzów Wielkopolski]], Poland | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1992|1|11|1946|8|20}} | nationality = Polish
| indivhonour1 = World individual championship bronze | indivyear1 = 1968 | indivhonour2 = [[Polish_Individual_Speedway_Championship|Polish Champion]] | indivyear2 = 1975, 1983 | indivhonour3 = [[Continental Speedway Final|Continental Final Champion]] | indivyear3 = 1975 | indivhonour4 = [[Wimbledon Internationale|Internationale]] | indivyear4 = 1977 | indivhonour5 = [[Golden Helmet (Poland)|Poland Golden Helmet Winner]] | indivyear5 = 1969, 1972, 1975 | indivhonour6 = [[Silver Helmet (Poland)|Poland Silver Helmet Winner]] | indivyear6 = 1967 | teamhonour1 = [[Speedway World Team Cup|World Team Cup winner]] | teamyear1 = 1969 | teamhonour2 = [[Team_Speedway_Polish_Championship|Polish League Champion]] | teamyear2 = 1969, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983 | teamhonour3 = Gauntlet Gold Cup | teamyear3 = 1979 | career1 = Poland | years1 = | career2 = [[Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski|Gorzów]] | years2 = 1965–1985 | career3 = Great Britain | years3 = | career4 = [[Wimbledon Dons|Wimbledon]] | years4 = 1977–1982 }}
'''Edward 'Ed' Jancarz''' (20 August 1946 – 11 January 1992) was a Polish international [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] rider. He earned 76 international caps for the [[Poland speedway team]].<ref name=URI>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref>
== Career == Jancarz participated in ten [[Speedway World Championship]] finals, his highest placing being in his first final in 1968, when he finished on the rostrum in third place after a run-off with Russian rider [[Gennady Kurilenko]]. He was also a member of the Polish [[Speedway World Team Cup|World Team Cup]] winning team of [[1969 Speedway World Team Cup|1969]].
Jancarz reached the final of the [[Speedway World Pairs Championship]] in the [[1975 Speedway World Pairs Championship]] at the [[Olympic Stadium (Wrocław)|Olympic Stadium]] in Wrocław, winning a silver medal riding with [[Piotr Bruzda]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19750616/359/0014 |title=Another world title for Mich |website=Reading Evening Post |date=16 June 1975 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref>
Jancarz rode in the UK for the [[Wimbledon Dons]] between 1977–1982,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003584/19770317/032/0032 |title=Crack Poles at Smallmead |website=Bracknell Times |date=17 March 1977 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref> winning the Internationale at Wimbledon in his first season, and in Poland for [[Stal Gorzów]]. He won the prestigious Embassy Internationale, at Wimbledon in 1977.
After his riding career ended he was a speedway coach. He was trainer in Stal Gorzów, KKŻ Krosno and [[Poland national speedway team]].
== Death == [[File:Jancarz Pomnik.jpg|thumb|200px|Jancarz Monument]] On 11 January 1992 he was fatally stabbed by his second wife, Katarzyna, during a domestic dispute after she confronted him about his alcoholism.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://przegladsportowy-onet-pl.translate.goog/zuzel/tragiczna-smierc-edwarda-jancarza-zona-zadawala-dwa-ciosy-nozem-wykrwawil-sie/mn40p9k?_x_tr_sl=pl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_hist=true | title=Wyniszczył go alkohol, a żona zabiła nożem! Skończył w kałuży krwi }}</ref> He was 45 years old.
Since his death the [[Edward Jancarz Memorial]] has been a semi-annual meeting at the speedway that carries his name, the [[Edward Jancarz Stadium]] in [[Gorzów Wielkopolski]]. To date, [[2010 Speedway Grand Prix|2010 World Champion]] [[Tomasz Gollob]] is the only Polish rider to win the memorial, having done so in [[1998 Edward Jancarz Memorial|1998]] and [[1999 Edward Jancarz Memorial|1999]]
Edward Jancarz was the first speedway rider in the World to have a monument dedicated to them. The Monument of Edward Jancarz was built in 2005 and is in the city centre of Gorzów Wielkopolski.
==World Final appearances==
===Individual World Championship=== * [[1968 Individual Speedway World Championship|1968]] – {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]], [[Ullevi]] - '''3rd''' - 11pts + 3pts * [[1969 Individual Speedway World Championship|1969]] – {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] - 6th - 9pts * [[1973 Individual Speedway World Championship|1973]] – {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Chorzów]], [[Silesian Stadium]] - 11th - 6pts * [[1974 Individual Speedway World Championship|1974]] – {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg, Ullevi - Reserve - 1pt * [[1975 Individual Speedway World Championship|1975]] – {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 12th - 4pts * [[1976 Individual Speedway World Championship|1976]] – {{Flagicon|POL}} Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 12th - 5pts * [[1977 Individual Speedway World Championship|1977]] – {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg, Ullevi - 13th - 4pts * [[1979 Individual Speedway World Championship|1979]] – {{Flagicon|POL}} Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 9th - 7pts * [[1981 Individual Speedway World Championship|1981]] – {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 12th - 5pts * [[1982 Individual Speedway World Championship|1982]] – {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Los Angeles]], [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum|Memorial Coliseum]] - 10th - 7pts
===World Pairs Championship=== * [[1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1974]] – {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester]], [[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]] (with [[Zenon Plech]]) - 5th - 18pts (6) * [[1975 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1975]] – {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Wrocław]], [[Olympic Stadium (Wrocław)|Olympic Stadium]] (with [[Piotr Bruzda]]) - '''2nd''' - 23pts (15) * [[1976 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1976]] – {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Eskilstuna]], [[Snälltorpet]] (with Zenon Plech) - 7th - 10pts (7) * [[1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1978]] – {{Flagicon|POL}} Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with [[Bolesław Proch]]) - 5th - 15pts (13) * [[1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1979]] – {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Vojens]], [[Vojens Speedway Center|Speedway Center]] (with [[Zenon Plech]]) - '''3rd''' - 20pts (13) * [[1980 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1980]] – {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Krško]], [[Matija Gubec Stadium]] (with Zenon Plech) - '''2nd''' - 22pts (15) * [[1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1981]] – {{Flagicon|POL}} Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Zenon Plech) - '''3rd''' - 21pts (6)
===World Team Cup=== * [[1968 Speedway World Team Cup|1968]] – {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium (with [[Edmund Migoś]] / [[Paweł Waloszek]] / [[Andrzej Wyglenda]] / [[Henryk Glücklich]]) - '''3rd''' - 19pts (6) * [[1969 Speedway World Team Cup|1969]] – {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Rybnik]], [[Rybnik Municipal Stadium]] (with Andrzej Wyglenda / [[Stanisław Tkocz]] / Henryk Glucklich / [[Andrzej Pogorzelski]]) - '''Winner''' - 31pts (11) * [[1971 Speedway World Team Cup|1971]] – {{Flagicon|POL}} Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Paweł Waloszek / Henryk Glücklich / [[Antoni Woryna]] / [[Andrzej Wyglenda]]) - '''3rd''' - 19pts (4) * [[1973 Speedway World Team Cup|1973]] – {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium (with Paweł Waloszek / Zenon Plech / [[Jerzy Szczakiel]]) - 4th - 8pts (2) * [[1975 Speedway World Team Cup|1975]] – {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Norden, Lower Saxony|Norden]], [[Motodrom Halbemond]] (with Henryk Glucklich / Zenon Plech / [[Marek Cieślak]] / [[Jerzy Rembas]]) - 4th - 9pts (1) * [[1976 Speedway World Team Cup|1976]] – {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, [[White City Stadium]] (with Zenon Plech / Marek Cieślak]/ Jerzy Rembas / [[Bolesław Proch]]) - '''2nd''' - 28pts (9) * [[1977 Speedway World Team Cup|1977]] – {{Flagicon|POL}} Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Jerzy Rembas / [[Bogusław Nowak]] / Marek Cieślak / [[Ryszard Fabiszewski]]) - '''2nd''' - 25pts (10) * [[1978 Speedway World Team Cup|1978]] – {{Flagicon|FRG}} [[Landshut]], [[Ellermühle Stadium]] (with Zenon Plech / Marek Cieślak / Jerzy Rembas / [[Andrzej Huszcza]]) - '''3rd''' - 16+3pts (6+3) * [[1980 Speedway World Team Cup|1980]] – {{flagicon|POL}} Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Zenon Plech / [[Roman Jankowski]] / [[Andrzej Huszcza]] / [[Jerzy Rembas]]) - '''3rd''' - 15pt (3)
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