Roman Jankowski

Roman Jankowski (born 5 October 1957 in Kościan, Poland)^[1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 47 international caps for the Poland speedway team^[2] and was twice champion of Poland.

Roman Jankowski

Born	(1957-10-05) 5 October 1957 (age 67) Kościan, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Career history
Poland
1976–2001	Unia Leszno
2002–2003	Warszawa
Great Britain
1980–1981	Hackney Hawks
Individual honours
1981, 1988	Polish Champion
1982, 1984, 1986	Poland Golden Helmet Winner
1979	Poland Silver Helmet Winner
Team honours
1979, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1989	Polish League Champion

Career

Jancarz rode from 1976 until 2006. He won the Polish Championship, title twice, in 1981 and again in 1988.^[2]

Roman has also represented Poland at the World Team Cup.

He rode for the Hackney Hawks in 1980 and 1981.^[3][4]

Currently he is the youth coach and manager of Unia Leszno.

Personal life

Roman's three sons, Łukasz, Marcin and Norbert are all speedway riders.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1987 - Amsterdam, Olympic Stadium - 14th - 8pts
• 1988 - Vojens, Speedway Center - 16th -2pts
• 1994 - Vojens, Speedway Center - Reserve - 0pts^[5]

World Team Cup

• 1980 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Zenon Plech / Andrzej Huszcza / Edward Jancarz / Jerzy Rembas) - 3rd - 15pt (5)
• 1984 - Leszno (with Zenon Plech / Zenon Kasprzak / Leonard Raba / Boleslaw Proch) - 4th - 8pt (1)