# Edward Jancarz

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Polish speedway rider (1946–1992)

Edward Jancarz Born (1946-08-20)20 August 1946 Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland Died 11 January 1992(1992-01-11) (aged 45) Nationality Polish Career history Poland 1965–1985 Gorzów Great Britain 1977–1982 Wimbledon Individual honours 1968 World individual championship bronze 1975, 1983 Polish Champion 1975 Continental Final Champion 1977 Internationale 1969, 1972, 1975 Poland Golden Helmet Winner 1967 Poland Silver Helmet Winner Team honours 1969 World Team Cup winner 1969, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983 Polish League Champion 1979 Gauntlet Gold Cup

**Edward 'Ed' Jancarz** (20 August 1946 – 11 January 1992) was a Polish international [speedway](/source/Motorcycle_speedway) rider. He earned 76 international caps for the [Poland speedway team](/source/Poland_speedway_team).[1]

## Career

Jancarz participated in ten [Speedway World Championship](/source/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](/source/Gennady_Kurilenko). He was also a member of the Polish [World Team Cup](/source/Speedway_World_Team_Cup) winning team of [1969](/source/1969_Speedway_World_Team_Cup).

Jancarz reached the final of the [Speedway World Pairs Championship](/source/Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship) in the [1975 Speedway World Pairs Championship](/source/1975_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship) at the [Olympic Stadium](/source/Olympic_Stadium_(Wroc%C5%82aw)) in Wrocław, winning a silver medal riding with [Piotr Bruzda](/source/Piotr_Bruzda).[2]

Jancarz rode in the UK for the [Wimbledon Dons](/source/Wimbledon_Dons) between 1977–1982,[3] winning the Internationale at Wimbledon in his first season, and in Poland for [Stal Gorzów](/source/Stal_Gorz%C3%B3w). 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](/source/Poland_national_speedway_team).

## Death

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.[4] He was 45 years old.

Since his death the [Edward Jancarz Memorial](/source/Edward_Jancarz_Memorial) has been a semi-annual meeting at the speedway that carries his name, the [Edward Jancarz Stadium](/source/Edward_Jancarz_Stadium) in [Gorzów Wielkopolski](/source/Gorz%C3%B3w_Wielkopolski). To date, [2010 World Champion](/source/2010_Speedway_Grand_Prix) [Tomasz Gollob](/source/Tomasz_Gollob) is the only Polish rider to win the memorial, having done so in [1998](/source/1998_Edward_Jancarz_Memorial) and [1999](/source/1999_Edward_Jancarz_Memorial)

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](/source/1968_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) – [Gothenburg](/source/Gothenburg), [Ullevi](/source/Ullevi) - **3rd** - 11pts + 3pts

- [1969](/source/1969_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) – London, [Wembley Stadium](/source/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)) - 6th - 9pts

- [1973](/source/1973_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) – [Chorzów](/source/Chorz%C3%B3w), [Silesian Stadium](/source/Silesian_Stadium) - 11th - 6pts

- [1974](/source/1974_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) – Gothenburg, Ullevi - Reserve - 1pt

- [1975](/source/1975_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) – London, Wembley Stadium - 12th - 4pts

- [1976](/source/1976_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 12th - 5pts

- [1977](/source/1977_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) – Gothenburg, Ullevi - 13th - 4pts

- [1979](/source/1979_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 9th - 7pts

- [1981](/source/1981_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) – London, Wembley Stadium - 12th - 5pts

- [1982](/source/1982_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) – [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [Memorial Coliseum](/source/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum) - 10th - 7pts

### World Pairs Championship

- [1974](/source/1974_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship) – [Manchester](/source/Manchester), [Hyde Road](/source/Hyde_Road_(speedway)) (with [Zenon Plech](/source/Zenon_Plech)) - 5th - 18pts (6)

- [1975](/source/1975_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship) – [Wrocław](/source/Wroc%C5%82aw), [Olympic Stadium](/source/Olympic_Stadium_(Wroc%C5%82aw)) (with [Piotr Bruzda](/source/Piotr_Bruzda)) - **2nd** - 23pts (15)

- [1976](/source/1976_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship) – [Eskilstuna](/source/Eskilstuna), [Snälltorpet](/source/Sn%C3%A4lltorpet) (with Zenon Plech) - 7th - 10pts (7)

- [1978](/source/1978_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship) – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with [Bolesław Proch](/source/Boles%C5%82aw_Proch)) - 5th - 15pts (13)

- [1979](/source/1979_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship) – [Vojens](/source/Vojens), [Speedway Center](/source/Vojens_Speedway_Center) (with [Zenon Plech](/source/Zenon_Plech)) - **3rd** - 20pts (13)

- [1980](/source/1980_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship) – [Krško](/source/Kr%C5%A1ko), [Matija Gubec Stadium](/source/Matija_Gubec_Stadium) (with Zenon Plech) - **2nd** - 22pts (15)

- [1981](/source/1981_Speedway_World_Pairs_Championship) – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Zenon Plech) - **3rd** - 21pts (6)

### World Team Cup

- [1968](/source/1968_Speedway_World_Team_Cup) – London, Wembley Stadium (with [Edmund Migoś](/source/Edmund_Migo%C5%9B) / [Paweł Waloszek](/source/Pawe%C5%82_Waloszek) / [Andrzej Wyglenda](/source/Andrzej_Wyglenda) / [Henryk Glücklich](/source/Henryk_Gl%C3%BCcklich)) - **3rd** - 19pts (6)

- [1969](/source/1969_Speedway_World_Team_Cup) – [Rybnik](/source/Rybnik), [Rybnik Municipal Stadium](/source/Rybnik_Municipal_Stadium) (with Andrzej Wyglenda / [Stanisław Tkocz](/source/Stanis%C5%82aw_Tkocz) / Henryk Glucklich / [Andrzej Pogorzelski](/source/Andrzej_Pogorzelski)) - **Winner** - 31pts (11)

- [1971](/source/1971_Speedway_World_Team_Cup) – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Paweł Waloszek / Henryk Glücklich / [Antoni Woryna](/source/Antoni_Woryna) / [Andrzej Wyglenda](/source/Andrzej_Wyglenda)) - **3rd** - 19pts (4)

- [1973](/source/1973_Speedway_World_Team_Cup) – London, Wembley Stadium (with Paweł Waloszek / Zenon Plech / [Jerzy Szczakiel](/source/Jerzy_Szczakiel)) - 4th - 8pts (2)

- [1975](/source/1975_Speedway_World_Team_Cup) – [Norden](/source/Norden%2C_Lower_Saxony), [Motodrom Halbemond](/source/Motodrom_Halbemond) (with Henryk Glucklich / Zenon Plech / [Marek Cieślak](/source/Marek_Cie%C5%9Blak) / [Jerzy Rembas](/source/Jerzy_Rembas)) - 4th - 9pts (1)

- [1976](/source/1976_Speedway_World_Team_Cup) – London, [White City Stadium](/source/White_City_Stadium) (with Zenon Plech / Marek Cieślak]/ Jerzy Rembas / [Bolesław Proch](/source/Boles%C5%82aw_Proch)) - **2nd** - 28pts (9)

- [1977](/source/1977_Speedway_World_Team_Cup) – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Jerzy Rembas / [Bogusław Nowak](/source/Bogus%C5%82aw_Nowak) / Marek Cieślak / [Ryszard Fabiszewski](/source/Ryszard_Fabiszewski)) - **2nd** - 25pts (10)

- [1978](/source/1978_Speedway_World_Team_Cup) – [Landshut](/source/Landshut), [Ellermühle Stadium](/source/Ellerm%C3%BChle_Stadium) (with Zenon Plech / Marek Cieślak / Jerzy Rembas / [Andrzej Huszcza](/source/Andrzej_Huszcza)) - **3rd** - 16+3pts (6+3)

- [1980](/source/1980_Speedway_World_Team_Cup) – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Zenon Plech / [Roman Jankowski](/source/Roman_Jankowski) / [Andrzej Huszcza](/source/Andrzej_Huszcza) / [Jerzy Rembas](/source/Jerzy_Rembas)) - **3rd** - 15pt (3)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-URI_1-0)** ["Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022"](https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf) (PDF). *British Speedway*. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Another world title for Mich"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19750616/359/0014). *Reading Evening Post*. 16 June 1975. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Crack Poles at Smallmead"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003584/19770317/032/0032). *Bracknell Times*. 17 March 1977. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Wyniszczył go alkohol, a żona zabiła nożem! Skończył w kałuży krwi"](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).

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