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2002142df=y}}| birth_place = Rybnik, Poland| career1 = Poland| years2 = 1960-1972, 1975ŻKS ROW Rybnik>Górnik/ROW Rybnik| career3 = Great Britain| years4 = 1973-1974| career4 = Poole Pirates| indivyear1 = 1966Polish Individual Speedway Championship>Polish Champion| indivyear2 = 1969| indivhonour2 = Continental Champion| indivyear3 = 1967Golden Helmet (Poland)>Poland Golden Helmet Winner| teamyear1 = 1965, 1966Speedway World Team Cup>World Team Cup Winner| teamyear2 = 1962, 1963,1964, 1965,1966, 1967,1968, 1970,1972Team Speedway Polish Championship>Polish League Champion}}Antoni Woryna (15 February 1941 in Rybnik, Poland - 14 December 2002) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland, who appeared in the Speedway World Championship finals five times. He earned 47 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.WEB,weblink ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, British Speedway, 21 August 2023,

Career

Woryna began his speedway career with Rybnik during the 1965 Polish speedway season. He would remain with the club for his entire Polish league career.WEB,weblink Rider Statistics, Polish Speedway Database, 7 March 2024, He was the first Polish rider to win a medal at Speedway World Championship, when he won the bronze medal at the 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship. He was also a member of the Polish World Team Cup winning teams of 1965 and 1966.He rode in Great Britain from 1973 to 1974, after joining the Poole Pirates.WEB,weblink Rider averages 1929 to 2009, Speedway Researcher, 21 August 2023,

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1965 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 10th - 6pts
• 1966 - {{Flagicon|SWE}} Göteborg, Ullevi - 3rd - 13pts
• 1967 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 5pts
• 1968 - {{Flagicon|SWE}} Göteborg, Ullevi - 12th - 5pts
• 1970 - {{Flagicon|POL}} Wroclaw, Olympic Stadium - 3rd - 13pts Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}

World Team Cup

• 1965 - {{Flagicon|FRG}} Kempten, Illerstadion (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Zbigniew Podlecki / Andrzej Pogorzelski) - Winner - 38pts (9)
• 1966 - {{Flagicon|POL}} WrocÅ‚aw, Olympic Stadium (with Andrzej Wyglenda / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Marian Rose / Edmund MigoÅ›) - Winner - 41pts (11)
• 1967 - {{flagicon|SWE}} Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Jerzy Trzeszkowski / Andrzej Pogorzelski / Andrzej Wyglenda / Zbigniew Podlecki) - 2nd - 26pts (10)
• 1970 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium (with Jan Mucha / PaweÅ‚ Waloszek / Edmund MigoÅ› / Henryk Glücklich) - 3rd - 20pts (5)
• 1971 - {{Flagicon|POL}} Wroclaw, Olympic Stadium (with PaweÅ‚ Waloszek / Henryk Glücklich / Edward Jancarz / Andrzej Wyglenda) - 3rd - 19pts (4)

References

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External links

• Antoni Woryna - Portrait(Polish)

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