Grzegorz Walasek (born 29 August 1976) is a Polish

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 ...

rider who has ridden for the Polish national team and has also competed in the

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 ...

series.

Career

Born in

Krosno Odrzańskie Krosno Odrzańskie (german: Crossen an der Oder) is a city on the east bank of Oder River, at the confluence with the Bóbr. The town in Western Poland with 11,319 inhabitants (2019) is the capital of Krosno County. It is assigned to the Lubusz ...

, Poland, Walasek began his senior career in 1993 with ZKŻ Zielona Góra, and won the Polish Under-21 Championship in 1997. In 2000, he began riding in the UK with

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 l ...

. In 2004, he won the senior Polish individual championship. He was part of the Polish team that won the

Speedway World Cup The Speedway World Cup is an annual motorcycle speedway, 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 Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cu ...

in 2005 and 2007. Walasek rode in 22

, reaching one final and scoring a total of 138 points. For his sporting achievements, he received the Golden Cross of Merit in 2007. In 2015 Walasek returned to ZKŻ Zielona Góra for a third stint, extended his contract with

Rospiggarna Rospiggarna is a motorcycle speedway team based in Hallstavik, Sweden. The club was founded in 1930 and were named ''Orion'', although it did not compete in the Swedish speedway leagues until 1966. The club joined the Swedish Division Three in 196 ...

in Sweden, and signed to ride for

Leicester Lions Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. The club returned to speedway for the 2011 Premier League season, moving up to the Elite League ...

in the Elite League.Borek, David (2014)
Grzegorz Walasek przedłużył kontrakt z Rospiggarną
, sportowefakty.pl, 21 November 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015

World Championships

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

- 16th place (34 points as wild card and reserve) **

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

- 21st place (25 points) **

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

- 23rd place (13 points as wild card) **

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

- 13th place (66 points) *

- 4th place (2 points) ** ''

- 4th place (5 points in race-off)'' **

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 ...

- Winner **

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

- Winner

European Championships

* Individual European Championship ** 2006 - Silver medal * European Pairs Championship ** ''

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

- 1st place (12+2 points in Semi-Final B)'' * European Club Champions' Cup **

- European Champion (12 points) **

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- European Champion (8 pts) Rivne

Polish Championships

* Individual Polish Championship *2004 - Polish Champion * Individual U-21 Polish Championship ** 1997 - Polish Champion * Team Polish Championship (

Speedway Ekstraliga The Speedway Ekstraliga ( en, Polish Extraleague, pl, Ekstraliga żużlowa) is the top division of motorcycle speedway in Poland. It has been called the "richest and most popular speedway league in the world", and attracts riders from all over the ...

) **

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

- Polish Champion **

- Bronze medal **

- Bronze medal * Golden Helmet ** 2004 - Bronze medal ** 2007 - Gold medal *

Silver Helmet The Silver Helmet ( pl, Turniej o Srebrny Kask, SK) is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1966. Final Meeting held in PC Team U-21 3rd from last season. Previous winners See also {{Speedwa ...

(U-21) ** 1997 - Bronze medal * Bronze Helmet (U-19) ** 1995 - Bronze medal

Speedway Grand Prix results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walasek, Grzegorz 1976 births Living people Polish speedway riders Speedway World Cup champions Polish speedway champions Poole Pirates riders Lakeside Hammers riders Leicester Lions riders People from Krosno Odrzańskie Polonia Bydgoszcz riders Sportspeople from Lubusz Voivodeship