Janusz Kołodziej (born 27 May 1984 in
Tarnów
Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Tarn� ...
, Poland) is a Polish
speedway rider who has ridden for the
Polish national team.
Career
In July 2018, during the
Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The Speedway Grand Prix Challenge or Speedway Grand Prix Qualification is an annual Motorcycle speedway, speedway qualifying tournament to determine the qualifiers for the Speedway Grand Prix, which is the World Championship of speedway.
History ...
he won the
GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the
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.
The ti ...
.
Speedway Grand Prix results
Career
*
Individual World Championship (
Speedway Grand Prix
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)
**
2006 – 29th place (0 point as track reserve)
*
Speedway World Cup
The Speedway World Cup is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old World Team Cup which ran from 1960 until 2000. The last edi ...
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2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
– 4th place (10 points)
**
2006 – 5th place (2 points in Race-Off)
*
Team U-21 World Championship
**
2005
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– World Champion (14 points)
*
Individual European Championship
** 2004 – finalist
*
Individual U-19 European Championship
** 2003 – Silver medal
*
European Pairs Championship
**
2005
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– European Champion (4 points)
*
European Club Champions' Cup
**
2006 – European Champion (14 points)
*
Individual Polish Championship
** ''2002 – injury in Semi-Final A (5th place in Quarter-Final B – qualification to Semi-Final)''
** ''2003 – 12 place in Semi-Final B''
** 2005 – Polish Champion (15 points)
** ''2006 – injury (8th place in Semi-Final B – qualification to Final''
*
Individual U-21 Polish Championship
** 2001 – 16th place (0 point)
** 2002 – Bronze medal (11+2 points)
** 2003 – 5th place (11 points)
** 2004 – Polish Champion (13 points)
** 2005 – Silver medal (13 points)
*
Polish Pairs Speedway Championship
The Polish Pairs Speedway Championship (Polish
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** ''2001 – 6th place in Semi-Final (2 points)''
** ''2002 – 3rd place in Semi-Final C (0 heat as reserve)''
** 2003 – 3rd place in Semi-Final C (7 points)
** 2004 – Silver medal (1 point)
** 2005 – 3rd place in Semi-Final C (13 points)''
** 2007 – Polish Champion (0 point)
*
Polish Under-21 Pairs Championship
** ''2001 – 6th place in Semi-Final A (9 points)''
** 2002 – 6th place (12 points)
** 2003 – 6th place (15 points)
** 2004 – Polish Champion (17 points)
** 2005 – Silver medal (14 points)
*
Polish Team Championship
** ''2000 – 2nd place in Second League with
Unia Tarnów''
** ''2001 – 1st place in Second League with Unia Tarnów''
** ''2002 – 5th place in First League with Unia Tarnów''
** ''2003 – 2nd place in First League with Unia Tarnów''
**
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 ...
– Polish Champion with Unia Tarnów
**
2005
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– Polish Champion with Unia Tarnów
**
2006 – 4th place with Unia Tarnów
**
2007
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– 6th place with Unia Tarnów
*
Polish Under-21 Team Championship
** ''2000 – 3rd place in Qualification Group C''
** ''2001 – 2nd place in Qualification Group D''
** ''2002 – 2nd place in Qualification Group C''
** ''2003 – 2nd place in Qualification Group B''
** ''2004 – Bronze medal (started in Qualification Group B)''
** 2005 – Silver medal (10 points)
*
Golden Helmet
** 2005 – Winner (14 points)
** ''2006 – injury (qualification to Final)''
** 2007 – 17th place (0 point as track reserve)
*
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
The Polski Związek Motorowy (PZM, PZMot) ( en, Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Federation) is an automobile club ...
(U-21)
** 2001 – 7th place (9 points)
** 2003 – Silver medal (13 points)
** ''2004 – injury (2nd place in Semi-Final B – qualification to Final''
** 2005 – Winner (13 points)
*
Bronze Helmet (U-19)
** 2001 – 6th place (9 points)
** 2003 – Winner (15 points)
See also
*
Poland national speedway team
*
List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
This is a complete list of riders who have entered a FIM Speedway Grand Prix since 1995.
''After 2015 Scandinavian SGP in Stockholm (26 September 2015)''
Index
A
* Leigh Adams
* Zoltán Adorján
* Sebastian Aldén
* Stefano Alfons ...
References
External links
*(pl
Official Site
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1984 births
Living people
Polish speedway riders
Team Speedway Junior World Champions
European Pairs Speedway Champions
Polish speedway champions
Reading Racers riders
Sportspeople from Tarnów