Andrzej Pogorzelski
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| Born |
October 12, 1938 Leszno, Poland |
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| Nickname | Puzon |
| Nationality |
 Poland
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| Current club information | |
| Career status | Retired (1977) |
| Career history | |
| 1956 |
Unia Leszno
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| 1957-1961 |
Start Gniezno
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| 1962-1972 |
Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski
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| 1973-1976 |
Unia Leszno
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| Individual honours | |
| 1966 | Continental Champion |
| Team honours | |
| 1965, 1966, 1969 | World Team Cup Winner |
Andrzej Pogorzelski (born 12 October 1938 in Leszno) – is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider and coach.
He started his career in Unia Leszno and represented the club in 1956 and 1973-1976 seasons. While at Unia Leszno he won 2 bronze medals (1975, 1976) on Team Speedway Polish Championship. During the 1957-1961 season he rode in Start Gniezno and moved to Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski in winter 1962. While in Stal he won 1 gold (1969) and 5 silver (1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971) medals in Team Speedway Polish Championship.
During riding for Stal he held double record of the track in Gorzow Wielkopolski in seasons 1964 (76.4 sec - 18/10/1964) and 1969 (73.3 sec - 18/05/1969).
Andrzej won 3 bronze medals in the Polish Individual Speedway Championship (1964, 1965, 1966). He also won the Golden Helmet tournament in 1966, in 1964 (2nd place) , 1965 (2nd place) and 1969 (2nd place) , and finalist Silver Helmet tournament of the season 1962 (3rd place) .
Six-time finalist of the Speedway World Team Cup, where together with the Polish National Team he won 3 gold (1965, 1966, 1969 ) and 1 silver medal (1967 ), and finished in 4th place twice (1963, 1964 ).
Finalist of the Speedway World Championship in seasons: 1965 (9th place) , 1966 (12th place) , 1967 (9th place) 1969 (9th place) .
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