The Poland national speedway team is the national

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team of

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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 times (last time in

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and

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). The team has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship also. After their win in the

and 2010 Speedway World Cup, Poland's speedway team was awarded the Team of the Year in Poland by ''

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'' in 2009 and 2010.

2016 Team

A members of 2016 Team was approval on January 30, 2016 by Main Commission for Speedway Sport (Główna Komisja Sportu Żużlowego, GKSŻ)SportoweFakty.pl
- 30 Jan 2016. which is a part of the Polish Motor Union (

Polski Związek Motorowy The Polski Związek Motorowy (PZM, PZMot) ( en, Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Federation) is an automobile club and the governing body of motorsports in Poland. It is based in Warsaw. Established in 1950 by merging the Polish Car Club and the ...

, PZM).

Senior Team *

Krzysztof Buczkowski Krzysztof Buczkowski (born 30 April 1986 in Grudziądz, Poland) is a Polish speedway rider and has ridden for the Polish national junior team. He started speedway in 2002 with Piła, riding for GKM Grudziądz. In 2005 he joined Polonia Bydgoszc ...

Patryk Dudek Patryk Dudek (; born 20 June 1992) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Polish national speedway team. Career Dudek's father, Sławomir, was a professional rider and Patryk gained his speedway licence in 2008. Dudek ...

Tomasz Gollob Tomasz Robert Gollob (; born 11 April 1971 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider. He appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series between its inaugural season in 1995 and 2013. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rid ...

Jarosław Hampel Jarosław "Jarek" Hampel (; born 17 April 1982 in Łódź, Poland) is a Polish Speedway rider. He was a participant of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix in 2007 and 2010. He received his speedway license in 1998 with the Polish team Polonia Piła, alth ...

Maciej Janowski Maciej Janowski (born 6 August 1991 in Wrocław, Polandwww.janowskiracing.com
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Krzysztof Kasprzak Krzysztof Kasprzak (; born 18 July 1984 in Leszno, Poland) is an international speedway rider who became World Under-21 Champion in 2005 and won the silver medal during the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix. He also won five World team titles. He is a s ...

* Janusz Kołodziej * Piotr Pawlicki *

Przemysław Pawlicki Przemysław Pawlicki (born 5 September 1991)''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (77) 2009, pages 14-15 is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of Poland U-21 and U-19 national teams. Pawlicki is a current Team U-21 World Champion and Te ...

Piotr Protasiewicz Piotr Protasiewicz (born 25 January 1975 in Zielona Góra, Poland) is a Polish international speedway rider. Career He has ridden for the Polish national team in the Speedway World Cup in 1996 and 2005. He was also World U-21 Champion in 199 ...

Grzegorz Zengota Grzegorz Zengota (born 29 August 1988 in Zielona Góra) is an international speedway rider from Poland. Career He was a member of Poland U-21 national team. He has won Under-21 Speedway World Cup twice (in 2008 and 2009). In 2022, he helped ...

Junior Team *

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Maksym Drabik Maksym Drabik (born 22 February 1998) is an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Drabik won the gold medal at the World Under-21 Championship in the 2017 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship and the 2019 Individ ...

Rafał Karczmarz Rafał Karczmarz (born 25 February 1999) is an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Karczmarz came to prominence in 2016 and 2017 when he was part of the Polish team that won the Team Speedway Junior European Championship ...

* Marcin Nowak *

Bartosz Smektała Bartosz Smektała (born 22 August 1998) is an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Smektała won the gold medal at the World Under-21 Championship in the 2018 World Under-21 Championship. World final appearances World U ...

Krystian Pieszczek Kristian Pieszczek (born 23 September 1995) is a Polish speedway rider. Career Born in Gdańsk, Pieszczek first had success as a junior in 2007. He made his Polish league debut in 2011 for Wybrzeże Gdańsk, going on to ride for the club in ...

Paweł Przedpełski Paweł Przedpełski (born 23 June 1995) is a speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Leicester Lions in the SGB Premiership 2017. He currently rides for Apator Toruń in Poland. He ...

Kacper Woryna Kacper Woryna (born 31 August 1996) is a Polish Speedway rider. Biography Born in Rybnik Woryna began racing in his native Poland in the Ekstraliga, with hometown club Rybnik. After a few years of riding in Poland, Woryna got his first break i ...

* Bartosz Zmarzlik

Honours

World Championships

European Championships

World Championship

Team

The Poland national speedway team were a major force in the opening years of the tournament, rivalling

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to win 3 out of the opening 7 championships in the early 60s. They are currently one of the best teams in the world having won in

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and

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. Key riding members of the title wins include

Andrzej Wyglenda Andrzej Wyglenda (born 4 May 1941 in Rybnik, Poland) is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider who has won 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship and Speedway World Team Cup three times. He was won Individual Polish Champion title four times. ...

and

Andrzej Pogorzelski Andrzej Pogorzelski (12 October 1938 – 16 October 2020) was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider and coach. Career He started his career in Unia Leszno and represented the club in 1956 and 1973-1976 seasons. While at Unia Leszno he won 2 bronze ...

who all managed 3 world cup wins.

Speedway World Team Cup (1961-2000)

Speedway World Cup (since 2001)

European Championship

Pairs

World Champions from Poland

Famous Polish riders

Rune Holta Rune Holta (born 29 August 1973 in Stavanger, Norway) is a speedway rider. He grew up in Randaberg Norway, but has been a Polish citizen since 2002, allowing him to represent Poland in international competitions and was a member of their Speedwa ...

Edward Jancarz Edward 'Ed' Jancarz (20 August 1946 – 11 January 1992) was a Polish international Motorcycle speedway, speedway rider.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Career Janca ...

Zenon Plech Zenon Plech (1 January 1953 – 25 November 2020) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider. He finished third in the Speedway World Championship in 1973 and as the runner-up in 1979. Career summary Plech won the Polish National Cha ...

Jerzy Szczakiel Jerzy Szczakiel (28 January 1949 – 1 September 2020) was a Polish speedway rider. He was one of three Polish nationals to have won the Speedway World Championship, the others being 2010 World champion Tomasz Gollob and the 2019 Speedway Grand ...

Paweł Waloszek Paweł Waloszek (28 April 1938 – 7 September 2018) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider who was second in 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship. Career details World Championships * Individual World Championship ** 1 ...

Antoni Woryna Antoni Woryna (born 15 February 1941 in Rybnik, Poland - died 14 December 2002) was an international motorcycle speedway rider who appeared in the Speedway World Championship finals five times, and was the first Polish rider to win a medal at th ...

References

External links

List of members of Polish national team
{{Awards of Plebiscite of Przegląd Sportowy National speedway teams

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