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Marek Cieślak
	Cieślak in 2007
Born	28 June 1950 (age 74); Milanówek, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Current club information
Career status	Coach
Coach	ŻKS ROW Rybnik
Manager	Poland team manager (2007–2020)
Career history
Poland
1968–1986	Częstochowa
Great Britain
1977–1978	White City
Individual honours
1976	Golden Helmet Winner
Team honours
1974	Polish League Champion
1977	British League Champion

Marek Kazimierz Cieślak (born 28 June 1950)^[1] is a former speedway rider and current coach. He earned 29 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.^[2]

Career

Cieślak rode two seasons in the British leagues after joining White City Rebels for the 1977 British League season.^[3]

Cieślak won a second consecutive silver medal at the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1977 Speedway World Team Cup.^[4]^[5]

In 2007 he was a manager of Poland national team. Poland won Speedway World Cup and Team U-21 World Championship. After victory in SWC, on 30 July 2007 Polish president Lech Kaczyński honoured him Knight's Cross of Order of Polonia Restituta for prominent contributions for development of Polish speedway sport and for achievement in training work.^[6] In 2010, Cieślak was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Polonia Restituta for outstanding contribution to the development of speedway in Poland, for achievements in training and coaching.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

1975 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 1 pt
1976 – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium – 13th – 4 pts
1978 – London, Wembley Stadium – 13th – 5 pts

World Team Cup

1972 – Olching, Olching Speedwaybahn (with Zenon Plech / Paweł Waloszek / Henryk Glücklich / Zdzisław Dobrucki) – 3rd – 21pts (0)
1975 – Norden, Motodrom Halbemond (with Henryk Glücklich / Edward Jancarz / Zenon Plech / Jerzy Rembas) – 4th – 9pt (4)
1976 – London, White City Stadium (with Edward Jancarz / Zenon Plech / Jerzy Rembas / Bolesław Proch) – 2nd – 28pts (7)
1977 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Jerzy Rembas / Edward Jancarz / Bogusław Nowak / Ryszard Fabiszewski) – 2nd – 25pts (2)
1978 – Landshut, Ellermühle Stadium (with Edward Jancarz / Zenon Plech / Jerzy Rembas / Andrzej Huszcza) – 3rd – 16+3pts (5)
1979 – London, Wembley Stadium (with Zenon Plech / Piotr Pyszny / Robert Słaboń / Andrzej Tkocz) – 4th – 11pts (1)

Manjor results

Individual Polish Championship

1971 – 14th place
1972 – 6th place
1975 – Silver medal
1976 – 10th place
1979 – 16th place

Polish Pairs Championship

1976 – Bronze medal
1978 – 4th place

Polish League Championship

1974 – Polish Champion
1975 – Silver medal

Poland Golden Helmet

1972 – 3rd place (72 points)
1973 – 7th place (53 points)
1975 – 5th place (59 points)
1976 – Winner (54 points)

Poland Silver Helmet (U-21)

1969 – 2nd place
1972 – 3rd place

References

^ Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-904584-04-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Rebels look like League Contenders". Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette. 27 January 1977. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Collins leads Britain to victory". Birmingham Daily Post. 19 September 1977. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "1977 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ (pl) Polish president website Archived 18 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine – 30 December 2007.