Edward Jancarz

Edward 'Ed' Jancarz (20 August 1946 – 11 January 1992) was a Polish international speedway rider.

Jancarz reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship in the 1975 Speedway World Pairs Championship at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, winning a silver medal riding with Piotr Bruzda.

He was trainer in Stal Gorzów, KKŻ Krosno and Poland national speedway team.

On 11 January 1992 he was fatally stabbed by his second wife, Katarzyna, during a domestic dispute after she confronted him about his alcoholism.

The Monument of Edward Jancarz was built in 2005 and is in the city centre of Gorzów Wielkopolski.

Jancarz' Monument