Poland national speedway team

Infobox Speedway national team
clubname = Poland


manager = Marek Cieślak
captain = Tomasz Gollob
colour = White and Red
swcwins = 7
squad1 = Tomasz Gollob "(c)"
squad2 = Rune Holta
squad3 = Jarosław Hampel
squad4 = Krzysztof Kasprzak
squad5 = Grzegorz Walasek

Poland are one of the major teams in international speedway and are 2007 senior and junior world champions. They are managed by Marek Cieślak and the current captain is multiple Grand Prix winner Tomasz Gollob.

2008 Team

A members of 2008 Team was approval on December 17 2007 by Main Commission for Speedway Sport (Główna Komisja Sportu Żużlowego, GKSŻ) [ [http://www.sportowefakty.pl/index.php?dysc_id=4&k1_id=51&k2_id=113&dzial_id=416&news_id=237072 SportoweFakty.pl] - 19 Dec 2007.] which is a part of the Polish Motor Union (Polski Związek Motorowy, PZM).

Senior Team
* Damian Baliński I
* Krzysztof Buczkowski
* Tomasz Chrzanowski
* Rafał Dobrucki
* Tomasz Gollob
* Jarosław Hampel
* Rune Holta
* Wiesław Jaguś
* Daniel Jeleniewski
* Krzysztof Kasprzak
* Janusz Kołodziej
* Adrian Miedziński
* Piotr Protasiewicz
* Grzegorz Walasek
* Karol ZąbikJunior Team
* Adrian Gomólski
* Maciej Janowski
* Marcin Jędrzejewski
* Adam Kajoch
* Marcel Kajzer
* Dawid Lampart
* Michał Łopaczewski
* Michał Mitko
* Borys Miturski
* Artur Mroczka
* Maciej Piaszczyński
* Daniel Pytel
* Mateusz Szczepaniak
* Adrian Szewczykowski
* Grzegorz Zengota

Honours

World Championships

National speedway team - World honours
TEAM 1 =7
TEAM 1y =1961, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1996, 2005, 2007
TEAM 2 =7
TEAM 2y =1967, 1976, 1977, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2008
TEAM 3 =8
TEAM 3y =1962, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980
TEAMj 1 =4
TEAMj 1y =2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
TEAMj 2 =
TEAMj 2y =
TEAMj 3 =
TEAMj 3y =
PAIR 1 =1
PAIR 1y =1971
PAIR 2 =2
PAIR 2y =1975, 1980
PAIR 3 =3
PAIR 3y =1973, 1979, 1981
INDI 1 =1
INDI 1y =1973
INDI 2 =3
INDI 2y =1970, 1979, 1999
INDI 3 =7
INDI 3y =1966, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1997, 1998, 2001
INDIj 1 =7
INDIj 1y =1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
INDIj 2 =5
INDIj 2y =1987, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002
INDIj 3 =4
INDIj 3y =2000, 2001, 2003, 2007

European Championships

National speedway team - European honours
TEAMj 1 =
TEAMj 1y =
TEAMj 2 =
TEAMj 2y =
TEAMj 3 =
TEAMj 3y =
PAIR 1 =3
PAIR 1y =2005, 2006, 2008
PAIR 2 =1
PAIR 2y =2007
PAIR 3 =1
PAIR 3y =2004
INDI 1 =2
INDI 1y =2003, 2006
INDI 2 =6
INDI 2y =2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008
INDI 3 =2
INDI 3y =2001, 2002
INDIj 1 =5
INDIj 1y =1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2008
INDIj 2 =5
INDIj 2y =1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008
INDIj 3 =2
INDIj 3y =1999, 2000

World Championship

Team

The Poland national speedway team were a major force in the opening years of the tournament, rivalling Sweden to win 3 out of the opening 7 championships in the early 60s. They are currently one of the best teams in the world having won in 2005 and 2007. Key riding members of the title wins include Tomasz Gollob, Andrzej Wyglenda and Andrzej Pogorzelski who all managed 3 world cup wins.

Speedway World Team Cup (1961-2000)

European Championship

Pairs

Famous Polish riders

* Tomasz Gollob
* Jarosław Hampel
* Rune Holta
* Edward Jancarz
* Krzysztof Kasprzak
* Zenon Plech
* Andrzej Pogorzelski
* Piotr Protasiewicz
* Jerzy Szczakiel
* Paweł Waloszek
* Antoni Woryna
* Andrzej Wyglenda

References

See also

*Speedway in Poland

External links

* [http://www.pzm.pl/Zuzel/Kadra_Juniorow_i_Seniorow List of members of Polish national team]