Robert Miśkowiak (born 21 November 1983 in
Rawicz
Rawicz (; german: Rawitsch) is a town in west-central Poland with 21,398 inhabitants as of 2004. It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Leszno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Rawicz C ...
, Poland) is a former
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 form Poland.
Career
In 2003, he reached the final of the
Speedway Under-21 World Championship
The Speedway Under-21 World Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) since 1977.
As of 2022, the title was awarded to the winner of the SGP2 category at the FIM Speedway ...
. The following year he became the World Under-21 Champion, after winning the
2004 Speedway Under-21 World Championship.
In Britain, he raced for
Ipswich Witches
The Ipswich Witches are a British speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They compete in the British SGB Premiership. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30pm (first ra ...
from 2005 until 2010.
Speedway Grand Prix results
Honours
*
Individual U-21 World Championship
**
2003
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- 12th place (6 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 ...
- World Champion (12 points +2 +3)
*
Individual U-19 European Championship
**
2002
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- 8th place (7 points)
*
European Club Champions' Cup:
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2007
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- Winner in Semi-Final 1 (18 points)''
*
Polish Pairs U-21 Championship
**
2002
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- Polish Champion with
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 ...
**
2003
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- 3rd place with
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 ...
*
Team Polish Championship
**
2000
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- 2nd place with
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 ...
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**
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 ...
- 2nd place with
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 ...
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)
**
2007
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- Polish Champion with
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 ...
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details Detail(s) or The Detail(s) may refer to:
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* ''The Details'' (film), a 2011 American film
* ''The Detail'', a Canadian television series
* "The Detail" (''The Wire''), a television epis ...
)
*
Team U-21 Polish Championship
*
2001
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- 2nd place
*
2003
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- Polish Champion
*
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)
*
2003
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- Winner
*
Bronze Helmet (U-19)
*
2001
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- 2nd place
Family
His nephew is Polish international speedway rider
Jakub Miśkowiak
Jakub Miśkowiak (born on 3 August 2001) is an international speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career
In 2021, Miśkowiak won the gold medal at the Team Junior World Championship with Wiktor Lampart and then won the World Under 21 Champi ...
.
See also
*
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 ...
*
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 ti ...
References
1983 births
Living people
Polish speedway riders
Ipswich Witches riders
People from Rawicz
Sportspeople from Greater Poland Voivodeship
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