Damian Baliński (born 5 August 1977, in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
) is an international
motorcycle speedway rider and a current member of
Poland national team. He has ridden since 1994 with
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 ...
.
His older brother
Dariusz and his son
Damian Jr. (Damian's nephew; b. 1989) are also speedway riders. Baliński is married to Aneta. They have two sons, Mikołaj and Filip (b. 2009).
Speedway Grand Prix results
Career details
World Championship
*
Individual World Championship (
Speedway Grand Prix
Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone motorcycle speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The series started in 1995 replacing the previous format of a single event final. The first win ...
)
** ''
2008
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- notclassify (0 heats at
European SGP)''
*
Individual Under-21 World Championship
** ''
1996 -
Olching
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Geography
Olching lies approximately halfway between Dachau ...
- track reserve''
**
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
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Piła
Piła (german: Schneidemühl) is a city in northwestern Poland and the capital of Piła County, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its population as of 2021 was 71,846, making it the third-largest city in the voivodeship after Poznań ...
- 8th place (7 points)
* Team World Championship (
Speedway World Cup
The Speedway World Cup is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old World Team Cup which ran from 1960 until 2000. The last ed ...
)
**
2007 Leszno
Leszno (german: Lissa, 1800–1918 ''Lissa in Posen'') is a historic city in western Poland, within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the seventh-largest city in the province with an estimated population of 62,200, as of 2021. Previously, it ...
- World Champion
European Championships
*
Individual European Championship
**
2005 -
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- 5th place (10 points)
**
2006 -
Miskolc
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- 7th place (8 points)
*
European Pairs Championship
** ''
2006 - started in Semi-Final 2 only (6 points)''
Polish Championships
*
Individual Polish Championship
** 2007 - Bronze medal
**
2008
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Leszno
Leszno (german: Lissa, 1800–1918 ''Lissa in Posen'') is a historic city in western Poland, within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the seventh-largest city in the province with an estimated population of 62,200, as of 2021. Previously, it ...
- 5th place (9 points)
*
Individual Under-21 Polish Championship
** 1996 - Bronze medal
*
Polish Pairs Championship
** 1999 - Silver medal
** 2003 - Polish Champion
** 2007 - Bronze medal
*
Polish Pairs Under-21 Championship
*** 1996 - Polish Champion
** 1997 - Polish Champion
*
Team Polish Championship
** 2002 - Silver medal
** 2007 - Polish Champion
*
Team Under-21 Team Championship
** 1996 - Bronze medal
** 1997 - Bronze medal
Others competitions
*
Golden Helmet
** 2005 - Runner-up
**
2008
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-
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
- Winner
*
Under-19 Bronze Helmet
** 1996 - Gold medal
* Team Speedway Polish Cup
** 1997 - Silver medal
** 1998 - Silver medal
*
Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces
**
2008
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-
Bydgoszcz - 7th place (8 points)
See also
*
Poland national speedway team
The Poland national speedway team is the national motorcycle speedway team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Motor Union ( PZM). The team is one of the major teams in international speedway and they won the Team World Championship nine t ...
*
Speedway in Poland
Speedway is one of the most popular sports in Poland. The Ekstraliga has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland. The first meetings in Poland were held in the 1930s.Kevin Meynell & Marcin Babnis (7 July 2004) History of Polish ...
*
List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
This is a complete list of riders who have entered a FIM Speedway Grand Prix since 1995.
''After 2015 Scandinavian SGP in Stockholm (26 September 2015)''
Index
A
* Leigh Adams
* Zoltán Adorján
* Sebastian Aldén
* Stefano Alfonso
* ...
References
External links
*(pl
Official Site
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1977 births
Living people
Polish speedway riders
Speedway World Cup champions
Swindon Robins riders
People from Leszno
Sportspeople from Greater Poland Voivodeship