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meetings held during 2023 to determine the riders that will qualify for the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix. The series consisted of four qualifying rounds at Žarnovica, Lonigo,

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and the Grand Prix Challenge at

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. Preliminary qualification events included the Grand Prix qualifier in Denmark and the Golden Helmet/Grand Prix qualifier in Poland. The qualifying riders will progress to the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix and they will be joined by the riders who finish in the leading positions of the

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Qualifying rounds

Final

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Grand Prix Challenge

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Szymon Woźniak Szymon Woźniak (born 6 May 1993) is a Polish speedway rider. Career He rode for his hometown club, Polonia Bydgoszcz in the Speedway Ekstraliga up to 2015 before moving to Sparta Wrocław for the 2016 season. He rode for the Poland U-21 nation ...

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Luke Becker Luke Becker (born 11 February 1999) is a speedway rider from the United States. Career Becker began his British career riding for Wolverhampton Wolves in 2019. Unable to ride during 2020 because of Covid-19 cancelled season, he continued to rid ...

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Jacob Thorssell Jacob Thorssell (born 24 July 1993) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He is a two times Swedish national champion. Career Thorssell joined Wolverhampton Wolves in the Elite League for the 2012 season, as a replacement for Pontus ...

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Piotr Pawlicki Jr. Piotr Pawlicki (born 30 November 1994) is a Polish Motorcycle speedway, speedway rider. Career Born in Leszno, he is the son of former rider Piotr Pawlicki Sr. and the younger brother of Przemysław Pawlicki. He won the Polish Under-21 Champi ...

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Michael Jepsen Jensen Michael Jepsen Jensen (born 18 February 1992) is a speedway rider from Denmark. Career He was part of the 2010 Under-21 World Cup winning Denmark team. He also won the 2012 Nordic Speedway Grand Prix becoming the 1st wildcard to have won a GP ...

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Oliver Berntzon Oliver Berntzon (born 2 August 1993) is an international speedway rider from Sweden. Speedway career Berntzon won the silver medal at the Swedish Championship in 2018. He qualified for the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix and the 2021 Speedway Gran ...

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References

{{Speedway Grand Prix Qualification

Speedway Grand Prix Qualification The Speedway Grand Prix Challenge or Speedway Grand Prix Qualification is an annual speedway qualifying tournament to determine the qualifiers for the Speedway Grand Prix, which is the World Championship of speedway. History From 1995 the Indiv ...

Speedway Grand Prix Qualification Qualification

Qualifying rounds

Final

Grand Prix Challenge

See also

References