Piotr Pawlicki (born 30 November 1994) is a Polish

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rider.

Career

Born in

Leszno Leszno (, , ) is a historic city in western Poland, seat of Leszno County within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the seventh-largest city in the province with an estimated population of 62,200, as of 2021. Leszno is a former residential cit ...

, he is the son of former rider Piotr Pawlicki Sr. and the younger brother of

Przemysław Pawlicki Przemysław Pawlicki (born 5 September 1991)''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (77) 2009, pages 14-15 is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. Career Pawlicki passed his speedway license (''Licencja "Ż"'') in 2008, as a 16-year-old. On 20 July 20 ...

. He won the Polish Under-21 Championship in 2011, emulating his father and also competed in the World Under-21 Championship. He rode for his hometown team

Unia Leszno Unia Leszno are a motorcycle speedway team established on 8 May 1938 and based in Leszno, Poland. The team's home track is at the Stadion Alfreda Smoczyka. They compete in the Ekstraliga (speedway), Ekstraliga (the highest division) and are Pol ...

in the

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and also for

Piła Piła (; ) is a city in northwestern Poland and the capital of Piła County, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its population was 71,846, making it the city in the voivodeship after Poznań and Kalisz and the largest city in the north ...

in the Polish second division. In August 2011 he was signed by

Coventry Bees Coventry Bees are a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon, Warwickshire, Brandon near Coventry, England. They are eight times champions of Britain. History Origins and 1920s The firs ...

and rode for them in the Elite League. He was a reserve at the 2011 Polish

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Toruń Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...

. His 2011 season was ended by a broken wrist sustained while racing in Poland in October. In 2012, he rode for

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 ...

as a temporary replacement for the injured

Dennis Andersson Dennis Gustav Martin Andersson (born 3 June 1991) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. Career He rode for the Atlas Wrocław in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga and continued to ride for the club until the end of the 2012 season. ...

, coming in on an assessed average of 4.00. Poole wanted him to return in 2013 but decided against signing him after he was given a higher assessed average of 7.00 by the

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's independent arbitrator. On 4 October 2014, he was crowned as the 2014 U21-Worldchampion in

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, leading the Junior Worldchampionship after three events in

Lonigo Lonigo is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16,400 inhabitants. In its ''frazione'' of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani (Bagnolo), Villa Pisani, a Renaissance patrician villa designed ...

, Ostrow and Pardubice. For 2015 he has been nominated as one of the three Speedway-GP Reserves for the SGP 2015. Pawlicki competed in the Speedway Grand Prix wearing the number 777 during 2016 and 2017 as a permanent rider. In 2016, he finished in 6th place after 18 heat wins, and made one Grand Prix final. In 2017, finished 11th with 81 points and won the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia. The years of 2016 and 2017 were breakthrough years for Pawlicki and he recorded his best results to date after winning the

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with Poland in both 2016 and 2017. In the 2016 semi final, Pawlicki was the top scorer for Poland and for the final in Great Britain the current captain

Maciej Janowski Maciej Janowski (born 6 August 1991 in Wrocław, Polandwww.janowskiracing.com
Retrieved on 2008-07-04 ...

was dropped and Piotr, at only 21, was the new captain. He raced Poland to victory beating Great Britain for the title. In 2017 he was back on the Polish team alongside fellow grand prix riders: captain Maciej Janowski,

Bartosz Zmarzlik Bartosz Zmarzlik (Polish: ; born 12 April 1995) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider, a five-time World Champion (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024), three-time World Team Champion (2016, 2017, 2023), World Junior Champion (2015) and European ...

, and

Patryk Dudek Patryk Dudek (; born 20 June 1992) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Poland national speedway team, Polish national speedway team. Career Dudek's father, Sławomir Dudek, Sławomir, was a professional rider and P ...

. Where they won and were back to back champions beating team Sweden in Leszno, Poland. In 2023, he signed for

Piraterna Piraterna are a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Motala, Sweden The team are two times Swedish Speedway Team Championship, champions of Sweden. and compete in the Elitserien (speedway), Elitserien History 1949 to 1951 Piraterna made ...

in the Swedish

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(he first rode for the club in 2011). Pawlicki returned to British speedway in 2024, after signing for

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. In 2024, he won the

European Team Speedway Championship The European Team Speedway Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway team event to determine the team champions of Europe. History The event was inaugurated in 2022. It was added to the speedway racing calendar as an early season event, i ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pawlicki Jr., Piotr 1994 births Living people Polish speedway riders Unia Leszno riders Coventry Bees riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England Poole Pirates riders Sportspeople from Leszno Motorcycle racers from Greater Poland Voivodeship Speedway World Cup champions