WTS Sparta Wrocław
Motorcycle speedway team
WTS Sparta Wrocław, also known as Betard Sparta Wrocław for sponsorship reasons, are a motorcycle speedway team based in Wrocław, Poland. They were established in 1950. The team's home track is at the Olympic Stadium, which has a capacity of 13,675 people. The team currently competes in the Ekstraliga (the highest division) and have won the Team Speedway Polish Championship five times (as of 2025).
History
1951 to 1958
During the 1951 Polish speedway season a team from Wrocław called Spójnia Wrocław was created to compete in the first league. The team finished last but performed much better in 1952, finishing 2nd. A second club competed in Wrocław during the early 1950s but CWKS Wrocław was historically a Warsaw club and is not connected to this club.
Edward Kupczyński was the club's first star rider winning the 1952 Polish Individual Speedway Championship and the team won honours during the next seven consecutive years, winning silver and bronze medals in the Team Speedway Polish Championship from 1952 to 1958. The club also became known as Sparta Wrocław, with the exception of 1957 when the club competed as Ślęza Wrocław. Mieczysław Połukard became Polish champion in 1954.
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