Szymon Woźniak (born 6 May 1993) is a Polish

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rider.

Career

He rode for his hometown club,

Polonia Bydgoszcz Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish sports club based in Bydgoszcz most known for its speedway team ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz which currently races in the 1. Liga. The club has won the Polish Speedway League Championship seven times, the latest in 2002, ...

in the

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up to 2015 before moving to Sparta Wrocław for the 2016 season. He rode for the Poland U-21 national team and won the Polish Under-21 Championship in 2014. He was part of the

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team in the British Elite League in 2015 and 2016. In 2017 he won the Polish Championship, beating Przemyslaw Pawlicki,

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, and Jaroslaw Hampel in the final.

Personal life

Woźniak has one older brother. His family is unrelated to Jacek Woźniak, a Polonia Bydgoszcz coach.

Career details

World Championships

* Individual U-21 World Championship **

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- not classified (did not ride in the Final One) * Team U-21 World Championship **

- Rye House - 3rd

European Championships

* Individual U-19 European Championship ** 2010 - lost in the domestic qualification

Domestic competitions

* Polish Under-21 Championship **

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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 ...

- 10th place (7 pts) ** 2014 - Gorzow - 1st place (14 pts)"International News", ''Speedway Star'', 20 September 2014, p. 37 * Polish Silver Helmet (U-21): **

- lost in the Semi-Final Two **

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

- 6th place (9 pts) * Polish Bronze Helmet (U-19) **

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 ...

- 16th place (0 pts) **

- 8th place (8 pts) * Polish Championship ** 2017 - Gorzow - 1st place

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wozniak, Szymon 1993 births Living people Polish speedway riders Polonia Bydgoszcz riders Leicester Lions riders People from Tuchola