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Damian Dróżdż
Damian Dróżdż (born 20 December 1996) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. Career Dróżdż rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the Belle Vue Aces in the SGB Premiership 2018. He rode in Poland for Kolejarz Rawicz Kolejarz Rawicz (Railwayman Rawicz) is a motorcycle speedway team based in Rawicz, Poland. They currently race in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga). History The club competed in the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, under the nam ... from 2020 to 2022. References 1994 births Living people Polish speedway riders Belle Vue Aces riders {{Poland-speedway-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Częstochowa
Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (administrative division) since 1999, and was previously the capital of the Częstochowa Voivodeship (1975–1998). However, Częstochowa is historically part of the Lesser Poland region, not of Silesia, and before 1795, it belonged to the Kraków Voivodeship. Częstochowa is located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. It is the largest economic, cultural and administrative hub in the northern part of the Silesian Voivodeship. The city is known for the famous Pauline monastery of Jasna Góra, which is the home of the Black Madonna painting, a shrine to the Virgin Mary. Every year, millions of pilgrims from all over the world come to Częstochowa to see it. The city also was home to the Jewish Frankist movement in the late 18th and the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolejarz Opole
Kolejarz Opole (Railwayman Opole) is a motorcycle speedway team based in Opole, Poland. They currently race in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga). History The club race at the Municipal Speedway Stadium or Mariana Spychała Stadium named after a former rider and coach Mariana Spychała. The speedway track was constructed in 1957. On 5 April 1957 the speedway club was officially founded as Klub Sportowy Kolejarz Opole and made its debut in the Polish leagues in 1961. The club's first honour was winning the Polish Speedway First League in 1969 and they went on to win the league three more times in 1974, 1980, 1987. After their 1969 victory they competed in the highest league and won the bronze medal in 1970. The club later won the Polish Speedway Second League in 2004. 2022 team * Jacob Thorssell * Oskar Polis * Adrian Cyfer * Esben Hjerrild * Karol Baran * Jakub Krawczyk * Petr Chlupáč Petr Chlupáč (born 2002) is a speedway rider from the Czech Republic. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Start Gniezno
Start Gniezno is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Gniezno who currently race in First League (2nd division). The club was initially part the multi-sports club with the prefix SKS, before disbanding and being reformed as TŻ (Towarzystwo Żużlowe; '' pl, Speedway Association'') in 2004 as an independent club and after another bankruptcy reformed once again under the prefix GTM (Gnieźnieńskie Towarzystwo Motorowe; '' pl, Gniezno Speedway Association''). Management Chairman: Arkadiusz Rusiecki Squads 2012 Squad Seniors: * Antonio Lindbäck * Bjarne Pedersen * Scott Nicholls * Adam Skórnicki * Magnus Zetterström * Adam Shields Under-21 Juniors: * Oskar Fajfer * Maciej Fajfer * Wojciech Lisiecki * Adrian Gała Coach: * Lech Kędziora Manager: * Dariusz Imbierowicz Honours See also * Speedway in Poland * Gniezno References External links *Start.Gniezno.pl Official website {{Polish speedway teams Gniezno Gniezno (; german: Gne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTS Sparta Wrocław
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. They compete in the Speedway Ekstraliga, PGE Ekstraliga and finished fifth in the 2022 Polish Speedway season play-offs. The team's home track is at the Olympic Stadium (Wrocław), Olympic Stadium, which has a capacity of 13,000 people. Current squad PGE Ekstraliga U-24 PGE Ekstraliga Honours See also * Speedway in Poland References External links Official Website (Polish) Polish speedway teams Sport in Wrocław {{poland-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Włókniarz Częstochowa
Eltrox CKM Włókniarz Częstochowa is a motorcycle speedway team based in Częstochowa, Poland. They were established in 1946. They compete in the Speedway Ekstraliga, Polish Ekstraliga. The club has won Team Speedway Polish Championship, Polish Speedway League 4 times (lately in 2003) and European Speedway Club Champions' Cup, European Club Cup 1 time in 2004 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup, 2004. The team's home track is at the Municipal Stadium "Częstochowa Arena", which has a capacity of over 16,850 people. Current Squad * Leon Madsen * Jonas Jeppesen * Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider), Fredrik Lindgren * Bartosz Smektała * Kacper Woryna * Mateusz Świdnicki * Jakub Miśkowiak * Kajetan Kupiec Honours See also * Speedway in Poland References Polish speedway teams Sport in Częstochowa {{motorcycle-speedway-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilki Krosno
Wilki Krosno (''Wolves Krosno'') is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Krosno. The club operates under the name of ''Cellfast Wilki Krosno''. The team currently competes in the Ekstraliga (the highest division). History of speedway in Krosno Legia Krosno During the 1957 Polish speedway season a team called Legia Krosno took part in the third division south using the relatively newly built MOSiR Krosno Stadium. They competed for five seasons in total, until the end of the 1961 season. Karpaty Krosno In 1962, the name of the Krosno team became Karpaty Krosno (Carpathians) after the sports club in Krosno. The team competed in the second division and achieved a best place finish of third in 1963. However, in 1969, due to financial problems, the club's activities were suspended. KKŻ Krosno After nearly 20 years without speedway the city welcomed KKŻ Krosno for the 1988 Polish speedway season. The team spent nine uninspiring years in the second division. ŻKS Krosno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolejarz Rawicz
Kolejarz Rawicz (Railwayman Rawicz) is a motorcycle speedway team based in Rawicz, Poland. They currently race in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga). History The club competed in the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, under the name of Motoklub Rawicz. The club's first team honour was winning the bronze medal in the Team Speedway Polish Championship in 1954 and the following season they went one better after winning the silver medal in 1955. Their leading rider Florian Kapała won the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1953 and 1956. The club was disbanded after the 1959 season and was not reformed until 1996. The club later won the Polish Speedway Second League three times in 2000, 2007 and 2012. In 2008, the club renamed their stadium to the Florian Kapała Stadium, named after a former rider Florian Kapała. The stadium has a capacity of 7,000 and the speedway track is 330 metres long. Teams 2023 team * Scott Nicholls * Hans Andersen * Damian Dró ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle Vue Aces
The Belle Vue Aces are a British motorcycle speedway, speedway club, based in Manchester. The club hold the record of having won the top tier List of United Kingdom speedway league champions, League championship 13 times. They currently compete in the SGB Premiership, racing at The National Speedway Stadium, with home matches usually taking place on Monday evenings. They also run a second team in the National League (speedway), National Development League, known as the Belle Vue Colts. History Racing first took place in 1928 at the Belle Vue (greyhound racing), Belle Vue greyhound stadium in Kirkmanshulme Lane before moving the following year to a specially built Hyde Road (speedway), stadium nearby on Hyde Road. The club raced there until 1987 when the stadium was demolished. The club moved to a new track at its original home and remained there before moving to the National Speedway Stadium in 2016. Hyde Road Stadium Hyde Road (speedway), Hyde Road had a 40,000 capacity with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of track racing, speedway is adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SGB Premiership 2018
The SGB Premiership 2018 was the 84th season of the top division of Great British Speedway in 2018. The season ran between March and October 2018 and had eight teams participating. The line-up of teams remained the same as in 2017. The Swindon Robins were the defending champions after winning the title in 2017. BT Sport continued its TV coverage of the SGB Premiership in 2018. Poole Pirates defeated King's Lynn Stars in the Play off final. It was Poole's tenth tier one title, which brought them level in second place with the Wembley Lions in the historical records. 2018 teams Regulation changes At the Speedway AGM in November 2017, a number of changes were made to the rules and regulations for 2018. The biggest change was the introduction of fixed race nights: from now on, all Premiership meetings would be held on either a Monday or Wednesday, with Swindon Robins receiving special dispensation to continue to host home meetings on a Thursday. It was hoped that this would result in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Births
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Mandela casts his vote in the 1994 South African general election, in which he was elected South Africa's first President of South Africa, president, and which effectively brought Apartheid to an end; NAFTA, which was signed in 1992, comes into effect in Canada, the United States, and Mexico; The first passenger rail service to utilize the newly-opened Channel tunnel; The 1994 FIFA World Cup is held in the United States; Skull, Skulls from the Rwandan genocide, in which over half a million Tutsi people were massacred by Hutu, Hutus., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1994 Winter Olympics rect 200 0 400 200 1994 Northridge earthquake, Northridge earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Sinking of the MS Estonia rect 0 200 300 40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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