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{{Short description|Polish speedway rider}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}{{Use British English|date=March 2024}}

factoids

| birth_place = Rybnik, Poland| death_date = | death_place = | career1 = PolandŻKS ROW Rybnik>ROW Rybnik | years2 = 1970-1984| career3 = Great Britain| career4 = Poole Pirates| years4 = 1978-1979| indivyear1 = 1972Silver Helmet (Poland)>Poland Silver Helmet Winner| indivyear2 = | indivhonour2 = | teamyear1 = 1974| teamhonour1 = Speedway World Team Cup bronze medal| teamyear2 = 1970, 1972Team Speedway Polish Championship>Polish League Champion}}Andrzej Tkocz (born 28 September 1951) is a former international speedway rider from Poland.WEB,weblink Andrzej Tkocz, wwosbackup, 14 July 2021, He earned 18 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.WEB,weblink Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022, British Speedway, 7 March 2024,

Speedway career

Tkocz won a bronze medal at the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1974 Speedway World Team Cup.WEB,weblink 1974 world team cup final, wwosbackup, 14 July 2021, WEB,weblink FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS, Motor Sport Top 20, 14 July 2021, He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1978 to 1979, riding for Poole Pirates.WEB,weblink History Archive, British Speedway, 14 July 2021,

World final appearances

World Team Cup

• 1974 - {{flagicon|POL}} Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Zenon Plech / Jan Mucha / Andrzej JurczyÅ„ski / Jerzy Szczakiel) - 3rd - 13pt (2)WEB,weblink World Team Cup 1960-1990, Edinburgh Speedway, 14 July 2021,
• 1979 – {{flagicon|ENG}} London, White City Stadium (with Piotr Pyszny / Robert SÅ‚aboÅ„ / Marek CieÅ›lak / Zenon Plech) – 4th – 11pts (0)

Family

His older brothers Stanisław Tkocz and Jan Tkocz were both speedway riders.

References

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