Adam Skórnicki (born 22 October 1976 in

Wolsztyn Wolsztyn (german: Wollstein) is a town in western Poland, on the western edge of Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the seat of Wolsztyn County, and of the smaller administrative district of Gmina Wolsztyn. Geography The town is situated within ...

, Poland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.

Career

Adam Skornicki riding for Belle Vue in 2007

Skórnicki started racing in Poland for

Unia Leszno Unia Leszno are a motorcycle speedway team established in 1938 and based in Leszno, Poland. They compete in the Polish Ekstraliga and are the league champions from the 2018 Speedway Ekstraliga season. The team's home track is at the Stadion Alfr ...

in the 1994

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; he would spend six seasons with the club until the end of 1999. Skórnicki's first British club was

Wolverhampton Wolves Wolverhampton Wolves are a British speedway team based in Wolverhampton, England. They are sponsored by Parry's International Travel, and signed a deal with owner Dave Parry (previous speedway rider for the Wolverhampton Wolves) for the 20 ...

, whom he signed for in 2000. He had six successful years there, scoring over 1000 points for the club and winning the Elite League Championship in 2002. His averaged improved from 5.79 in 2000 to 8.14 in 2005. He was loaned out to Lakeside,

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and Belle Vue for the next three seasons, all of whom struggled at the bottom of the Elite League table. In 2002 Skórnicki made a guest appearance for the

Poole Pirates Poole Pirates (also known as Poole Speedway) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the SGB Championship. The club have been the champions of the United Kingdom on ten occasions. Poole Speedway is promoted by ...

in two legs of the

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Final. Skórnicki signed for Poole on loan in 2008 and went on to win the 2008 Elite League championship with the club. In August 2008, Skórnicki became the Individual Polish Champion for the first time with a 15-point maximum score. For the 2009 season, Skórnicki returned to his parent club the Wolverhampton Wolves in the United Kingdom. He also changed clubs in Poland and Sweden, to Gdańsk (in the Ekstraliga) and

Vargarna Vargarna are a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Norrköping, Sweden. The team race at the Norrköpings Motorstadion. History The name Vargarna literally translates into English as "The Wolves". The team won the Swedish Speedway Team Cham ...

respectively. For Wolves he became a regular points scorer and was intergal during the 2009 Elite League speedway season, when Wolves won the league title, giving Skórnicki his second consecutive title. In 2010, he remained with Wolves and returned to

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from Gdańsk. It was his 17th consecutive season in the Polish leagues. He rode for various British and Polish clubs from 2012 to 2014 before retiring. In June 2014, he was appointed as a manager of

In 2017, he made a brief return, riding a handful of matches for his first British club Wolves and

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 n ...

in Poland.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skornicki, Adam 1976 births Living people Polish speedway riders European Pairs Speedway Champions Polish speedway champions Belle Vue Aces riders Lakeside Hammers riders Oxford Cheetahs riders Poole Pirates riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders People from Wolsztyn Sportspeople from Greater Poland Voivodeship