Henryk Żyto

Henryk Żyto
Born1 November 1936
Poniec, Poland
Died7 March 2018 (aged 81)
Gdańsk, Poland
NationalityPolish
Career history
Poland
1953-1963Unia Leszno
1965-1980Wybrzeże Gdańsk
Great Britain
1960Coventry Bees
Individual honours
1960Speedway World Championship finalist
1963Polish Championship
1960Midland Riders' Champion
Team honours
1961World Team Cup Winner
1953, 1954Polish League Champion
1960Midland Cup

Henryk Żyto (1936-2018) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1][2]

Speedway career

Żyto reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3]

He was the Polish champion in 1963 after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship.[4]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

References

  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.