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Piotr Świst
Piotr Świst (born June 20, 1968 in Poland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. His surname "Świst" means 'whizz' in Polish. Career Świst spent his first 13 seasons in Poland with Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski from 1985 through to 1997. In that time he won a silver medal in the 1987 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship and three Polish U-21 Championships in 1987, 1988 and 1989. Additionally he won the Golden Helmet in 2008 and the Polish Pairs Championship in 1992. On three occasions he reached the podium of the Polish Individual Speedway Championship (1993, 1995 and 2002). He raced twice in the United Kingdom for the Arena Essex Hammers in 2005 and the Poole Pirates in 2007. Results * Individual World Championship ** ''1990 - injury in Continental Semi-Final B'' ** ''1991 - 10th place (8 points) in Continental Semi-Final B'' ** ''1992 - 15th place (2 points) in Semi-Final A'' ** ''1993 - 16th place (1 point) in Semi-Final B'' ** 1994 - 15th plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski
Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski is a Polish speedway team based in Gorzów Wielkopolski that currently competes in Speedway Ekstraliga. History Formation and beginnings The speedway section of club was officially registered 9 April 1950. At number 60 the register of sports associations was written down trade union sports club of Gorzów Wielkopolski. In July 1951 the Gorzów Wielkopolski club already had own 395-metres with path by the Śląska Street. After a few years of the struggle on III league paths and suspending the operations of the speedway chapter in 1953–1954 years, in 1955 the team is being Gorzów Wielkopolski reported to gameses of the II league. In 1961 the team of „Stal" in the end fought its way through to gameses of the first division. In the entire season the Gorzów Wielkopolski team suffered only two defeats, but surnames of Edmund Migoś, Bronisław Rogal, Edward Pilarczyk or Jerzy Padewski were already then well known for fans throughout the country. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
