Poland national speedway team
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| Team manager | Marek Cieślak |
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| Team captain | Tomasz Gollob |
| Nation Colour | White and Red |
| SWC Wins | 7 |
| Squad: | Tomasz Gollob (c) |
| Rune Holta | |
| Jarosław Hampel | |
| Krzysztof Kasprzak | |
| Grzegorz Walasek | |
Poland are one of the major teams in international speedway and are 2007 senior and junior world champions. They are managed by Marek Cieślak and the current captain is multiple Grand Prix winner Tomasz Gollob.
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[edit] 2008 Team
A members of 2008 Team was approval on December 17, 2007 by Main Commission for Speedway Sport (Główna Komisja Sportu Żużlowego, GKSŻ)[1] which is a part of the Polish Motor Union (Polski Związek Motorowy, PZM).
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Senior Team |
Junior Team
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[edit] Honours
[edit] World Championships
| Competitions | Total | Golden medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | ||||
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| Total | Years | Total | Years | Total | Years | |||
| Team World Cup |
(1960-2000) (since 2001) |
21 | 7 | 1961, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1996, 2005, 2007 | 6 | 1967, 1976, 1977, 1994, 1997, 2001 | 8 | 1962, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980 |
| Team U-21 | (since 2005) | 3 | 3 | 2005, 2006, 2007 | ||||
| Pairs | (1970-1993) | 6 | 1 | 1971 | 2 | 1975, 1980 | 3 | 1973, 1979, 1981 |
| Individual Grand Prix |
(1936-1994) (since 1995) |
11 | 1 | 1973 | 3 | 1970, 1979, 1999 | 7 | 1966, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1997, 1998, 2001 |
| Individual U-21 | (since 1977) | 16 | 7 | 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 | 5 | 1987, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002 | 4 | 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007 |
| Total medals: 57 | Gold: 19 | Silver: 16 | Bronze: 22 | |||||
[edit] European Championships
| Competitions | Total | Golden medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | ||||
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| Total | Years | Total | Years | Total | Years | |||
| Team U-19 | (since 2008) | 0 | ||||||
| Pairs | (since 2004) | 4 | 2 | 2005, 2006 | 1 | 2007 | 1 | 2004 |
| Individual | (since 2001) | 8 | 2 | 2003, 2006 | 4 | 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 | 2 | 2001, 2002 |
| Individual U-19 | (since 1998) | 10 | 4 | 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005 | 4 | 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 | 2 | 1999, 2000 |
| Total medals: 22 | Gold: 8 | Silver: 9 | Bronze: 5 | |||||
[edit] Speedway World Cup
The Poland national speedway team were a major force in the opening years of the tournament, rivalling Sweden to win 3 out of the opening 7 championships in the early 60s. They are currently one of the best teams in the world having won in 2005 and 2007. Key riding members of the title wins include Tomasz Gollob, Andrzej Wyglenda and Andrzej Pogorzelski who all managed 3 world cup wins.
| Year | Venue | Standings (Pts) | Poland Riders and Pts | |
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| 1961 |  Wroclaw |
1. POLAND (32) 2.  Sweden (31)3.  England (21)4.  Czechoslovakia (12) |
Marian Kaiser | 10 |
| Henryk Zyto | 7 | |||
| Florian Kapala | 6 | |||
| Mieczysław Połukard | 5 | |||
| Stanisław Tkocz | 4 | |||
| 1962 |  Kempton |
1. POLAND (38) 2. Sweden (33)3.  Great Britain (18)4.  Soviet Union (7) |
Andrzej Pogorzelski | 11 |
| Andrzej Wyglenda | 11 | |||
| Antoni Woryna | 9 | |||
| Zbigniew Podlecki | 7 | |||
| Paweł Waloszek | - | |||
| 1965 | Wroclaw |
1. POLAND (41) 2. Soviet Union (25)3. Sweden (22)4. Great Britain (8) |
Antoni Woryna | 11 |
| Andrzej Wyglenda | 11 | |||
| Marian Rose | 11 | |||
| Andrzej Pogorzelski | 8 | |||
| Edmund Migos | 0 | |||
| 1969 | Rybnik |
1. POLAND (31) 2. Great Britain (27)3. Soviet Union (23)4. Sweden (12) |
Edward Jancarz | 11 |
| Andrzej Wyglenda | 11 | |||
| Stanisław Tkocz | 4 | |||
| Henryk Glücklich | 3 | |||
| Andrzej Pogorzelski | 2 | |||
| 1996 | Diedenbergen |
1. POLAND (27) 2.  Russia (22)3.  Denmark (21)4. Germany (20)5. Sweden (14)6. England (12)7.  Hungary (9) |
Tomasz Gollob | 15+3 |
| Sławomir Drabik | 12+1 | |||
| Piotr Protasiewicz | 0 | |||
| 2004 | Wroclaw |
1. POLAND (62) 2. Sweden (34)3. Denmark (31)4. Great Britain (27) |
Tomasz Gollob | 14 |
| Jarosław Hampel | 13 | |||
| Piotr Protasiewicz | 13 | |||
| Rune Holta | 12 | |||
| Grzegorz Walasek | 10 | |||
| 2007 | Leszno |
1. POLAND (55) 2. Denmark (52)3.  Australia (29)4. Great Britain (15) |
Krzysztof Kasprzak | 14 |
| Jarosław Hampel | 13 | |||
| Tomasz Gollob | 12 | |||
| Rune Holta | 12 | |||
| Damian Baliński I | 4 | |||
| Grzegorz Walasek | 0 | |||
| Key: +1,2... - bonus points gained by finishing behind teammate +1j,+2j... - extra points gained in joker ride |
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[edit] Famous Polish riders
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[edit] References
- ^ SportoweFakty.pl - 19 Dec 2007.
[edit] See also
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