Mieczysław Połukard

Mieczysław Połukard (1930 in Warsaw, Poland – 26 October 1985 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider and coach, the first Polish rider to ride in the Individual World Championship Final in 1959 and won the World Team Cup in 1961.

He was the first Polish rider to ride in the Individual World Championship Final (1959) where he finished 12th with 5 points.

[1] He also toured the United Kingdom with the Polish national team during 1960[2] and one year later in 1961, the New Cross Rangers promoter Johnnie Hoskins unsuccessfully applied for his services to ride in the British leagues.

In his last match, he was involved in an accident on track, which resulted hospital treatment which required amputating his leg.

However, on 25 October 1985, a rider from Gorzów Wielkopolski lost control of his motorcycle and ran into Połukard, killing him.