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Rafał Kurmański

Died
May 30, 2004
Age
21 years
Cause
suicide by hanging

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Rafał Kurmański, 21, Polish speedway rider, suicide by hanging.

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Rafał Kurmański ['rafaw kurˈmaɲskʲi] ⓘ (22 August 1982 – 30 May 2004) was a Polish speedway rider. He earned one international caps for the Poland national speedway team.

Career

Kurmański started his speedway career with Zielona Góra during the 1999 Polish speedway season. He would remain with the club for all six seasons of his short career.

In 2001, Kurmański was second in the 2001 Individual Under-19 European Championship.

Kurmański rode for Swindon Robins in the British speedway leagues, participating in the 2004 Elite League speedway season.

In 2004, Kurmański took his own life.

World Championship results

Speedway Grand Prix results

Individual World Championship

  • 2003 - 36th place (3 points)

Individual World U-21 Championship

  • 2002 - 6th place (10 points)
  • 2003 - 7th place (8 points)

Other results

Individual U-19 European Championship

  • 2001 - Runner-up (13 points)

Individual Polish Championship

  • 2001 - 15th place in Semi-Final
  • 2002 - 6th place (7 points)

Polish U-21 Pairs Championship

  • 2001 - Polish Champion
  • 2002 - 2nd place

Team U-21 Polish Championship

Silver Helmet (U-21)

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