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Michał Szczepaniak
Michał Szczepaniak (born 1 August 1983) is a former motorcycle speedway from Poland. Speedway career He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Coventry Bees during the 2013 Elite League speedway season The 2013 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of the top division of UK speedway and the took place between March and October 2013. Summary The Swindon Robins were t .... He currently rides for Polonia Piła in Poland and reached the final of the 2005 Individual Speedway European Championship. His younger brother Mateusz Szczepaniak is also a speedway rider. References 1983 births Living people Polish speedway riders Coventry Bees riders {{Speedway-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostrów Wielkopolski
Ostrów Wielkopolski () (often abbreviated ''Ostrów Wlkp.'', formerly called simply ''Ostrów'', german: Ostrowo, Latin: ''Ostrovia'') is a city in west-central Poland with 70,982 inhabitants (2021), situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; the seat of Ostrów Wielkopolski County. It is the fifth-largest city in the voivodeship after Poznań, Kalisz, Piła and Konin. History Recently, a small fortified dwelling dating from the 10th century was discovered on the north-east side of the town's limits. An archeological excavation is now in progress. It was part of Poland since the establishment of the state in the 10th century. The oldest known mention of Ostrów comes from a document from 1293. Ostrów received town rights in 1404 but the economic stagnation caused by fires, wars, and a weak 16th-century nobility, led to the town's officials dropping its town status in 1711. Administratively it was located in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coventry Bees
Coventry Bees were a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon near Coventry, England. History A Coventry team was first formed in 1928 and competed in the inaugural season of the Southern League and then the National League from 1932 during the pre-war era at Brandon stadium. There were also meetings at a stadium at the Lythalls Lane Stadium. After the war, the club became The Bees and were involved every season from 1948 until the loss of Brandon stadium shortly before the start of the 2017 season, during which they ran a series of challenge matches at other tracks. Although the club have won the now defunct Midland Cup eleven times, the first silverware won at national level by the club was the 1953 Speedway National League Division Two league title. The first major trophy was becoming league champions of the Great Britain during the 1968 British League season. They went on to become League champions in 1968, 1978, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1983 Births
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequent lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateusz Szczepaniak (speedway Rider)
Mateusz Szczepaniak (born 10 February 1987 in Poland) is an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He won the Team Under 21 World Championship with the Poland speedway team. Career In 2022, he helped Wilki Krosno win the 2022 1.Liga. The following season he signed for GKM Grudziądz for the 2023 Polish speedway season. Family His elder brother Michał is also a speedway rider. Honours * Individual U-21 World Championship ** ''2008 - 10th place in Semi-Final 1 (7 points)'' * Team U-21 World Championship ** 2007 - World Champion (9 points) * Individual U-19 European Championship ** 2006 - 11th place (6 points) * European Club Champions' Cup ** 2004 - European Champion (track reserve) * Individual U-21 Polish Championship ** 2008 - Rybnik - 9th place (7 points) * Team Polish Championship ** 2004 - 3rd place ** 2005 - 3rd place ** 2006 - 2nd place ** 2007 - 5th place - CMA 5.57 (details) * Team U-21 Polish Championship ** 2008 - Leszno - Bronze medal (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Individual Speedway European Championship
The 2005 Individual Speedway European Championship Qualification *Qualifying Round 1: **May 1, 2005 ** Debrecen *Qualifying Round 2: **May 7, 2005 ** Terenzano *Qualifying Round 3: **May 13, 2005 ** Lviv *Semi-Final A: **July 2, 2005 ** Stralsund *Semi-Final B: **July 2, 2005 ** Miskolc *Scandinavian Final (Semi-Final C): **July 31, 2005 ** Seinäjoki Final *October 9, 2005 * Lonigo *Renat Gafurov has replace the injured Sergey Darkin. See also 2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ... European I {{motorcycle-speedway-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Elite League Speedway Season
The 2013 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of the top division of UK speedway and the took place between March and October 2013. Summary The Swindon Robins were the defending champions after winning in 2012. Birmingham Brummies finished top of the regular season table but lost in the play off to Poole Pirates, who continued to enjoy British League success. It was their fifth success in ten years and was instrumented by their Australian duo Chris Holder and Darcy Ward and Poles Maciej Janowski and Przemysław Pawlicki. League table * Belle Vue were deducted 3 points after a Speedway Control Bureau hearing. Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; Pts = Tot ... [...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] |
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] |
TZ Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski
TZ Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski formerly the Klub Motorowy Ostrów Wielkopolski are a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Ostrów Wielkopolski who currently race in Ekstraliga (speedway), Ekstraliga. The club never won Team Speedway Polish Championship, Team Polish Champion title. They Klub Motorowy Ostrów Wielkopolski folded in 2009 but the town formed the TZ Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski during the same year of 2009. Stadium The Municipal Stadium in Ostrów Wielkopolski is located on ''ulica Piłsudskiego (Piłsudski street)''. It contains 12,000 seats. The track is 372 metres long and has a granite surface. The track record was made by Robert Miśkowiak (63.05 sec on 28 June 2009). 2022 Squad Senior Squad * Tomasz Gapiński * Oliver Berntzon * Tim Sørensen (speedway rider), Tim Sørensen * Grzegorz Walasek * Chris Holder * Filip Hjelmland * Kacper Grzelak * Jakub Krawczyk * Jakub Poczta Honours See also * Speedway in Poland References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wybrzeże Gdańsk
Wybrzeże Gdańsk (''Gdańsk Coast Club'') is a Polish multi-sports club established in 1945, most known for the motorcycle speedway team who race in the 1. Liga. Speedway 2022 squad * Rasmus Jensen * Wiktor Trofimov * Piotr Gryszpinski * Jakub Jamróg * Timo Lahti * Kamil Marciniec * Karol Zupinski * Milosz Wysocki * Adrian Gala Honours Other Sections The club had many other sections over the years, out of which only the speedway team survived throughout the club's history. The men's handball team has been revived in 2010. Athletics The athletics team competed between 1945-1971. The club's achievements were: * 22 Senior Polish Championship Titles * European Championships Vice-Champion: Władysław Nikiciuk - javelin, 1966 European Athletics Championships * European Championships Bronze Medal: Władysław Komar - shot put, 1966 European Athletics Championships Basketball There was a men's section which existed between 1949-1995. The club made a br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ŻKS ROW Rybnik
ŻKS ROW Rybnik, also known as ROW Rybnik, is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Rybnik which currently competes in Extraleague (1st division). ROW Rybnik is one of the oldest and most successful teams in Polish speedway. There is a historical link to the football team Energetyk ROW Rybnik, both using the name ROW, but otherwise the clubs are completely independent of each other. History Speedway in Rybnik has existed since 1930. In 1964 the multi-sports club ROW Rybnik was formed as a result of a merger between two local clubs RKS "Górnik" Rybnik and KS "Górnik" Chwałowice. Since then the club has undergone various changes, including Rybnicki Klub Motorowy (''Rybnik's Motorcycle Club'') in 1994, then reverted to its historical "ROW" prefix in 2009 as RKM ROW Rybnik, then changed the name to ROW Rybnik Sp. z.o.o. in 2012 and finally to ŻKS ROW Rybnik in 2013. The team is historically one of the best ever - they have been runners-up in the Polish Championship 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
