Maciej Janowski (born 6 August 1991 in

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rider who is a member of Poland U-21 and U-19 national teams. He is current Team U-21 World Champion and Team U-19 European Champion. His parents are Piotr and Beata. He has two brothers Wojciech and Krzysztof.

Career history

2007

Janowski passed speedway licence test (''Licencja "Ż"'') on 7 August 2007 at 16 years old; 5 days later he rode in his first meeting in Polish Ekstraliga (

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48:42). In his first heat, he beat Rzeszów' rider

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from

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. His fourth meeting was Tournament of Junior National Team Reservs (''Turniej zaplecza kadry juniorów''). In this meeting he was 4th. He has won qualification to U-19 Bronze Helmet Final; Janowski was 13th (he was only 16 years old). With

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he started in European Club Champions' Cup Final - Janowski scored 5 points, but Atlas was last.

2008

In season 2008 (as 17-year-old) he started in Team U-19 European Championship Final. He was the best rider in Poland team (15 points), but Poland was last on home track (

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). In August he won Individual U-21 Polish Championship in

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. In Individual U-19 European Championship Final he was second; lost to

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from Poland. In September he was the best rider in Poland team and he won Team U-21 World Champion title. He was 2nd in Polish Bronze Helmet Final (U-19). His last honour in this season was winning in Polish Silver Helmet Final (U-21). Janowski is a Wrexham fan He was nominated as 2nd track reserve at

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, but he did not ride any heat. Five weeks later, after re-staged German SGP in Bydgoszcz, Janowski was nominated as first track reserve at 2008 FIM Final Speedway Grand Prix. However, when

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was injured, Janowski replaced him in GP event. He finished 15th and scored one point (0,1,0,0,0), after beating

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in Heat 8. Weekly "Tygodnik Żużlowy" (''Speedway Weekly'') awarded him as Junior of the Year. Speedway Chapter of

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(part of the

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) awarded him and

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for one of the best debuts in Polish speedway history.

2009

In 2009 season he rode for

(

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Hallstravik (

) and MSC Diedenbergen (

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). In Sweden he rode in nine matches and scored 4.52 point per match. He qualified for the Individual Polish Championship Final at

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as a track reserve. Janowski was unsuccessful in defended his Under-21 Polish Champion title in

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he scored 8 points (3,3,R,0,2) and finished eighth. He won the Bronze Helmet Final, unofficial U-19 Polish Championship, at his home track in Wrocław. He scored a maximum 15 points and he beat

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, Under-21 Polish Champion. On 25 September he was second in Silver Helmet Final, losing to

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by two points. His team

did not compete in the Polish Pairs Junior Championship, therefore he was lent to UKS Żaki Taczanów for this competition only. Janowski scored a maximum 18 points in the final and his pair finished third. On 11 July Maciej Janowski competed in the Individual U-19 European Championship Final and won the silver medal after winning a run off with

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and

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. The gold medal was won by

. Janowski and Pawlicki were the highest scorer for the Polish team in the Team U-19 European Championship Final on 23 August and Poland won U-19 European Champion title. On 5 September in

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he scored 13 points for Poland, and the team successfully defended their U-21 World Champion title at Under-21 Speedway World Cup. On 3 October will be started in Individual U-21 World Championship Final.

2010

Like his

Hallstravik team-mate,

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, Janowski moved to

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Motala before a 2010 season. On 18 August it was announced that Janowski would join the

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in the British Elite League for the remainder of the season. Maciej won the 2010 Polish Under-21 Championship, held in Toruń, scoring a 15-point maximum. Maciej is also riding in the U21-World Cup and was 2nd beating the main rival Maksim Bogdanows in Pardubice.

2012

On 23 December 2011 it was announced that Janowski would be racing for

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in the 2012 British speedway season, in the Elite League.

2022

Janowski won the bronze medal in the 2022

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, after securing 106 points during the

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Major results

World individual Championship

2008 Speedway Grand Prix The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix was the 63rd edition of the official World Championship and the 14th season in the Speedway Grand Prix used to determine the Speedway World Champion. It was the second under the promotion of IMG. Event format The fo ...

- 29th * 2012 Speedway Grand Prix - 23rd * 2014 Speedway Grand Prix - 24th * 2015 Speedway Grand Prix - 7th (including Latvian grand prix win) *

2016 Speedway Grand Prix The 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 22nd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 71st FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the sixteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. Tai Woff ...

- 9th (including Danish grand prix win) * 2017 Speedway Grand Prix - 4th (including Danish & British grand prix wins) * 2018 Speedway Grand Prix - 4th (including Swedish grand prix win) * 2019 Speedway Grand Prix - 6th (including German grand prix win) * 2020 Speedway Grand Prix - 4th (including Wrocław grand prix win) * 2021 Speedway Grand Prix - 5th (including Czech Republic grand prix win) *

- 3rd

World team Championships

2013 Speedway World Cup The 2013 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the thirteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 13 July and 20 July 2013 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were see ...

- Winner *

2015 Speedway World Cup The 2015 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the fifteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 6 June and 14 June 2015 and involved nine national teams. It was ...

- 3rd * 2017 Speedway World Cup - Winner * 2018 Speedway of Nations - 3rd * 2021 Speedway of Nations - runner up * 2022 Speedway of Nations - 5th

World U-21 Championships

2008 Team Speedway Junior World Championship The 2008 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the fourth FIM World Team Junior Championship. The final took place on 21 September 2008, in Holsted, Denmark. The championship was won by the Polish junior team who were the defending champio ...

- Winner *

2009 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship The 2009 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 33rd edition of the FIM World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. The final took place on 4 October, 2009, in Goričan, Croatia. It was first final to be held in the Balkans ...

- 5th * 2009 Team Speedway Junior World Championship - Winner * 2010 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship - 2nd * 2011 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship - Winner *

2012 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship The 2012 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 36th edition of the FIM World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. The final was run over a series of seven races between 21 July and November 2011. Michael Jepsen Jensen be ...

- Winner

European Championships

* Individual U-19 European Championship **

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- Silver medal (12+3 pts) **

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- Silver medal (13+3 pts) * Team U-19 European Championship **

- 4th place (15 pts) **

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- U-19 European Champion (15 pts) **

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- U-19 European Champion (15 pts) * European Club Champions' Cup **

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- Silver medal (6 pts) with

Domestic competitions

* Individual Polish Championship **

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- 3rd place (10 pts) * Team Polish Championship (League) **

- Bronze medal (CMA 1.71 -

) **

- 5th-6th place (with

) * Individual U-21 Polish Championship **

- Polish Champion (13+3 pts) **

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- Polish Champion (15 pts) **

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- Polish Champion (14 pts) *

Polish Pairs Speedway Junior Championship The Polish Pairs Speedway Junior Championship ( pl, Młodzieżowe Mistrzostwa Polski Par Klubowych, MMPPK) is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union The Polski Związek Motorowy (PZM, ...

- Bronze medal for Taczanów (18 pts) *

Polish Pairs Speedway Championship The Polish Pairs Speedway Championship (Polish: ''Mistrzostwa Polski Par Klubowych, MPPK'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1974. The participating teams are draw ...

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- Polish Champion for

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- Polish Champion for Unia Tarnów * Polish Golden Helmet **

- Winner (13 pts) * Polish Silver Helmet (U-21) **

- Winner (12 pts) **

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- Runner-up (12+3 pts) * Polish Bronze Helmet (U-19) **

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- 2nd place (12 pts) **

- Winner (15 pts) **

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- 2nd place (14 pts)

References

External links

Official webside
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