Zbigniew Podlecki (19 January 1940 – 8 January 2009) was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who won Team World Champion title in 1965. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Podlecki began riding as a 19-year-old, during the 1959 Polish speedway season for LPà » Neptun Gdaà Âsk. The team then became Legia Gdaà Âsk and he helped them to a second place finish in the top division of the Polish leagues. In 1962, the team became Wybrzeà ¼e Gdaà Âsk, for which it is still known today.
Podlecki was called up to the Poland national speedway team in 1964 and also in 1964 he won the Individual Speedway European Championship in Wrocà Âaw, before reaching the World final in Gothenburg. The following year he helped Poland win the 1965 Speedway World Team Cup. Podlecki toured the United Kingdom with the Polish national team in 1966.
His career ended during the 1972 Polish speedway season, when on 19 August, returning from his parents house he had a car accident after trying to avoid a pedestrian who had run out into the road. The crash left him with paralysis from the waist down.
He died in Gdaà Âsk in January 2009 and after a resolution of the Gdaà Âsk City Council and with the agreement of his team Wybrzeà ¼e Gdaà Âsk, the stadium was renamed in his honour and it is now called the Zbigniew Podlecki Stadium.