Florian Kapała

Florian Kapała (1929 - 2007) was an international speedway rider from Poland.

Speedway career
Kapała reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship.

He was a four times Polish champion after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1953, 1956, 1961 and 1962.

Kapała won the World Team Cup with Poland in 1961.

In 2008 the year after his death, the Kolejarz Rawicz renamed their stadium to the Florian Kapała Stadium, in honour of him.

Individual World Championship

 * 1959 - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium - Reserve - Did not ride
 * 1961 – 🇸🇪 Malmö, Malmö Stadion - 7th - 8pts

World Team Cup

 * 1961 - 🇵🇱 Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Marian Kaiser / Henryk Żyto / Mieczysław Połukard / Stanisław Tkocz) - Winner - 32pts (6)
 * 1962 - 🇨🇿 Slaný (with Marian Kaiser / Mieczysław Połukard / Joachim Maj / Paweł Waloszek) - 3rd - 20pts (5)