{{Short description|Polish speedway rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Use British English|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name = Mariusz Okoniewski | image = | nationality = Polish | birth_date = {{birth date text|10 February 1956}} | birth_place = [[Poznań]], Poland | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|2|10|1956|2|10|df=y}} | death_place = [[Śmigiel]], Poland
| years1 = 1974-1981, 1983-1988 | career1 = [[Unia Leszno]] | indivyear1 = [[1979 Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship|1979]] | indivhonour1 = [[Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship|U-21 Polish Champion]] | indivyear2 = [[1976 Silver Helmet (Poland)|1976]] | indivhonour2 = [[Silver Helmet (Poland)|Silver Helmet Winner]] | teamyear1 = [[1979 Polish speedway season|1979]], [[1980 Polish speedway season|1980]], [[1987 Team Speedway Polish Championship|1987]], [[1988 Team Speedway Polish Championship|1988]] | teamhonour1 = [[Team Speedway Polish Championship|Team Polish Champion]] }} '''Mariusz Okoniewski''' (10 February 1956, in [[Poznań]] – 10 February 2006, in [[Śmigiel]]) was a Polish [[motorcycle speedway]] rider.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sport.interia.pl/zuzel/news-18-krotny-mistrz-polski-juz-nie-szuka-nowego-trenera-jest-za,nId,7017122 |title=18-krotny mistrz Polski już nie szuka nowego trenera. Jest zaskoczenie |website=Interia sport |access-date=11 September 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nowiny24.pl/tag/rafal-okoniewski |title=Rafał Okoniewski |website=Nowiny24 |access-date=11 September 2024 }}</ref>
== Career == Okoniewski won the [[Team Speedway Polish Championship]] six times and [[Silver Helmet (Poland)|Polish Silver Helmet]] in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://magazynzuzel.pl/pl/11_aktualnosci/32461_rafal-okoniewski-goscil-na-naszym-kanale.html|title=Rafał Okoniewski gościł na naszym kanale|work=magazynzuzel.pl|first=Robert|last=Duda|language=Polish|date=December 16, 2023|access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://unia.leszno.pl/byczykalendarz-mariusz-okoniewski/|title=#ByczyKalendarz – Mariusz Okoniewski|work=unia.leszno.pl|publisher=FOGO Unia Leszno|language=Polish|date=February 10, 2020|access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref>
His son [[Rafał Okoniewski|Rafał]] (born 1980) is also a speedway rider. Rafał is the only double [[European Under-19 Individual Speedway Championship|Individual U-19 European Champion]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/zuzel/ekstraliga/szczera-opinia-o-okoniewskim-przyznal-dlaczego-nie-jest-juz-trenerem/64vr1cb |title=Szczera opinia o Okoniewskim. Przyznał, dlaczego nie jest już trenerem |website=Przegląd Sportowy Onet |access-date=11 September 2024 }}</ref>
After his racing career he became a coach. Mariusz Okoniewski died on his 50th birthday.
== Career == * [[Individual Speedway Junior World Championship|Individual Under-21 European Championship]] ** [[1977 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship|1977]] - 8th place (4 points) * [[Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship|Individual Under-21 Polish Championship]] ** [[1979 Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship|1979]] - '''Polish Champion''' * [[Golden Helmet (Poland)|Golden Helmet]] ** [[1979 Golden Helmet (Poland)|1979]] - 3rd place * [[Silver Helmet (Poland)|Silver Helmet]] (U-21) ** [[1976 Silver Helmet (Poland)|1976]] - '''Winner''' ** [[1977 Silver Helmet (Poland)|1977]] - '''2nd place'''
== References == {{Reflist}}
== See also == * [[Poland national speedway team]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Okoniewski, Mariusz}} [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:2006 deaths]] [[Category:Polish speedway riders]] [[Category:Unia Leszno riders]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Poznań]] [[Category:Motorcycle racers from Greater Poland Voivodeship]] {{poland-speedway-bio-stub}}