Adrian Miedziński (born 20 August 1985 in

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 ...

, Poland) is a

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rider from Poland. He earned four international caps for the

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Career

Miedziński started riding in Poland during 2002 when he made his debut for KS Toruń, he would go on to ride 16 consecutive seasons of the club and all in the Ekstraliga. In between he made his British league debut for

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in 2004, won the Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship (in 2005) and won the

Team Speedway Junior World Championship The Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship is a motorcycle speedway, speedway competition to determine the World Championship for national Under-21 teams (the sport's equivalent of the Under-21 World Cup in football). As of 2022, the event ...

(in 2006). Adrian Miedzinski 2007 Oxford speedway

After riding for the

Swindon Robins The Swindon Robins are a motorcycle speedway team from England, established in 1949 that have competed primarily in the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom. They are five times league champions of the United Kingdo ...

in 2006 he joined the

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for the 2007 season but was left without a British club following Oxford's withdrawal from the league. He would not return to Britain again until 2012. In 2013, he achieved his career best result after winning the Speedway Grand Prix of Poland during the

2013 Speedway Grand Prix The 2013 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 68th edition of the official World Championship and the 19th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the thirteenth series under the promotion of Be ...

series. In 2015 he signed for Swindon Robins for his second spell at the club. He was part of the

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team that won the 2019 Elitserien in Sweden. In 2022, while riding for Bydgoszcz he suffered a serious crash which resulted in him being put into an induced coma due to brain and spinal injuries.

Personal life

His father, Stanisław Miedziński was also a speedway rider.

Major results

World individual Championship

2009 Speedway Grand Prix The 2009 Speedway Grand Prix was the 64th edition of the official World Championship and the 15th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Speedway World Championship. It is the third series unde ...

- =20th (6pts) *

2010 Speedway Grand Prix The 2010 Speedway Grand Prix was the 65th edition of the official World Championship and the 16th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the tenth se ...

- =20th (6pts) *

- 18th (15pts) including winning the Speedway Grand Prix of Poland *

2014 Speedway Grand Prix The 2014 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 69th edition of the official World Championship and the 20th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the fourteenth series under the promotion of Be ...

- 19th (14pts) *

2019 Speedway Grand Prix The 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 25th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 74th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the nineteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. T ...

- =21st (4pts)

Speedway Grand Prix

Other

* World Under-21 Championship **

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 60 ...

- 7th place (13 points + 4th in Semi-Final) **

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

- 14th place (2 points) **

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

- 6th place (8 points) * Under-21 World Cup **

- World Champion (8 points) * Individual European Championship **

- 6th place (8 points) **

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

- 11th place (6 points) * European Under-19 Championship **

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

- 15th place (3 points) **

- 13th place (5 points) * European Pairs Championship ** ''

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

- 1st place in Semi-Final B (11 points)'' * European Club Champions' Cup **

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

- Runner-up (8 pts) Toruń * Individual Under 21 Polish Championship **

- 2nd place **

- Polish Champion * Golden Helmet **

- Bronze medal * Silver Helmet (U-21) **

- Winner * Bronze Helmet (U-19) **

- Winner

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miedzinski, Adrian 1985 births Living people Polish speedway riders Sportspeople from Toruń Motorcycle racers from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Speedway World Cup champions Team Speedway Junior World Champions Swindon Robins riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England