Adam Skórnicki (born 22 October 1976 in

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, Poland) is a former

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rider from Poland.

Career

Adam Skornicki riding for Belle Vue in 2007

Skórnicki started racing in Poland for

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in the 1994

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; he would spend six seasons with the club until the end of 1999. Skórnicki's first British club was

Wolverhampton Wolves Wolverhampton Wolves were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Wolverhampton, England. They were champions of the United Kingdom five times and raced at Monmore Green Stadium from 1928 to 2023. History 1928–1930 Speedway (known ...

, whom he signed for in 2000. He had six successful years there, scoring over 1000 points for the club and winning the Elite League Championship in

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. His averaged improved from 5.79 in 2000 to 8.14 in 2005. He was loaned out to Lakeside,

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and Belle Vue for the next three seasons, all of whom struggled at the bottom of the Elite League table. In 2002 Skórnicki made a guest appearance for the

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in two legs of the

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Final. While riding in Poland during the same season he sustained a broken collarbone and dislocated shoulder in a track crash. Skórnicki signed for Poole on loan in 2008 and went on to win the 2008 Elite League championship with the club. In August 2008, Skórnicki became the Individual Polish Champion for the first time with a 15-point maximum score. For the 2009 season, Skórnicki returned to his parent club the Wolverhampton Wolves in the United Kingdom. He also changed clubs in Poland and Sweden, to

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(in the Ekstraliga) and

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respectively. For Wolves he became a regular points scorer and was integral during the

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, when Wolves won the league title, giving Skórnicki his second consecutive title. In 2010, he remained with Wolves and returned to

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from Gdańsk. It was his 17th consecutive season in the Polish leagues. He rode for various British and Polish clubs from 2012 to 2014 before retiring. In June 2014, he was appointed as a manager of

In 2017, he made a brief return, riding a handful of matches for his first British club Wolves and

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in Poland.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skornicki, Adam 1976 births Living people Polish speedway riders European Pairs Speedway Champions Polish speedway champions Belle Vue Aces riders Lakeside Hammers riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England Oxford Cheetahs riders Poole Pirates riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders People from Wolsztyn Motorcycle racers from Greater Poland Voivodeship