Speedway star 'found hanged'

A speedway team has been shocked by the apparent suicide of one its young up-and-coming star riders.

Mon, 31 May, 2004 - 20:25

A speedway team has been shocked by the apparent suicide of one its young up-and-coming star riders.

Details are still said to be “sketchy” but it is thought that Swindon Speedway’s recent signing Rafal Kurmanski, 21, was found hanged in a hotel in his home country of Poland.

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Courts Motorsport Heathrow Place: Poland Place: Poole Place: Swindon Place: England Person: Rafal Kurmanski Person: Alun Rossiter Person: Rafal Organisation: Speedway Organisation: Swindon Speedway Organisation: Eastbourne Organisation: BBC

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