The 2023 Polish Speedway season was the 2023 season of
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...
in Poland. The season ran from 8 April to 8 October.
Individual
Polish Individual Speedway Championship
The Individual Speedway Polish Championship ( Polish: ''Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski, IMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1932.
The current Polish Champion is Maciej Janowski, w ...
The 2023 Individual Speedway Polish Championship () was the 2023 version of
Polish Individual Speedway Championship
The Individual Speedway Polish Championship ( Polish: ''Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski, IMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1932.
The current Polish Champion is Maciej Janowski, w ...
organised by the
Polish Motor Union (PZM). The Championship was held over three legs and Bartosz Zmarzlik won his third consecutive Polish title.
Golden Helmet & Grand Prix Qualifier
The 2023 Golden Golden Helmet () organised by the
Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 2023 event for the league's leading riders. The final was held at the
Marian Spychała Speedway Stadium in Opole, during April. It also acted as the 2023 Polish Grand Prix Qualifier, which was the 2023 edition of the Polish qualifier for the
2024 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2024 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 30th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 79th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the third series promoted by Discovery Sports Events. A new sprint race was introduced at sele ...
. Five riders qualified for the
2024 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The 2024 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings held during 2023 to determine the riders that qualified for the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix. The series consisted ...
stage but Janowski and Zmarzlik opted out of qualifying.
Criterium of Aces
The
Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Aces was won by
Artem Laguta
Artem Grigoryevich Laguta (; born 13 November 1990) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russian national team. He is the 2021 World Champion.
Career details
Laguta became the Russian champion in 2010 and 2011.
In Aug ...
.
Polish U21 Championship
* Date: 30 August 2023
* winner -
Bartłomiej Kowalski
Bartłomiej Kowalski (born 4 March 2002) is an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.
Career
Kowalski came to prominence in 2022, when he was part of the Polish team that won the Team Junior European Championship.
Previously ...
Silver Helmet
The Silver Helmet (, SK) is an annual speedway event held each year organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1966.
Previous winners
* (+1971, all three riders finished on 54 points)
References
{{Speedway in Poland
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Arena Częstochowa
The Arena Częstochowa also known as the Częstochowa Municipal Speedway Stadium is a 16,850-capacity motorcycle speedway stadium on the eastern outskirts of Częstochowa in Poland. The venue is used by the speedway team Włókniarz Częstochow ...
, 1 May 2023
Referee : Artur Kuśmierz
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9,10Paluch, Jabłoński, Trześniewski, Lewandowski
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9,59Karczewski, Rafalski, Krawczyk, Hurysz
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9,97Mencel, Bańdur, Affelt, Kupiec (u)
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9,41Przyjemski, Ratajczak, Łobodziński, Poczta (d)
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0,85Bańdur, Łobodziński, Lewandowski, Karczewski
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9,62Paluch, Przyjemski, Kupiec, Hurysz
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9,72Ratajczak, Krawczyk, Trześniewski, Affelt
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0,28Mencel, Rafalski, Jabłoński, Poczta
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1,53Lewandowski, Poczta, Hurysz, Affelt
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0,22Mencel, Paluch, Ratajczak, Karczewski
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1,31Przyjemski, Bańdur, Rafalski, Trześniewski
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1,56Krawczyk, Łobodziński, Jabłoński, Kupiec
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0,88Przyjemski, Krawczyk, Lewandowski, Mencel (w)
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1,11Paluch, Rafalski, Łobodziński, Affelt
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1,19Karczewski, Poczta, Kupiec, Trześniewski
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0,54Ratajczak, Bańdur, Jabłoński, Hurysz
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2,09Ratajczak, Lewandowski, Rafalski, Kupiec (w)
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1,31Krawczyk, Paluch, Bańdur, Poczta (d)
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1,60Mencel, Łobodziński, Trześniewski, Hurysz
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1,89Przyjemski, Jabłoński, Karczewski, Affelt
Bronze Helmet
* winner -
Krzysztof Lewandowski
Pairs
Polish Pairs Speedway Championship
The Polish Pairs Speedway Championship ( Polish: ''Mistrzostwa Polski Par Klubowych, MPPK'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1974.
The participating teams are dr ...
The 2023 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship () was the 2023 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held on 31 March at Rzeszów .
Team
Team Speedway Polish Championship
The Team Speedway Polish Championship ( Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1948. In 2000, the First Division was r ...
The 2023 Team Speedway Polish Championship () was the 2023 edition of the Team Polish Championship to determine the gold medal winner (champion of Poland).
Teams finishing second and third were awarded silver and bronze medals respectively.
Ekstraliga
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place
Final
Leading averages
1. Liga
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Leading averages
2. Liga
Semi-finals
Final
Teams
Częstochowa
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Maksym Drabik
Maksym Drabik (born 22 February 1998) is an international speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career
Drabik won the gold medal at the World Under-21 Championship in the 2017 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship and the 2019 Indi ...
*
Kacper Halkiewicz
*
Franciszek Karczewski Franciszek () is a masculine given name of Polish origin (female form Franciszka). It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include:
*Edward Pfeiffer (Franciszek Edward Pfeiffer) (1895–1964), Polish gener ...
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Anton Karlsson
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Kajetan Kupiec
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Leon Madsen
Leon Daniel Madsen (born 5 September 1988) is a Danish speedway rider who is twice a World Championship silver medalist.
Career
Born in Vejle, Madsen won the 80cc junior World Championship in 2001.
In 2018, Madsen won the Individual Spee ...
*
Mikkel Michelsen
Mikkel Michelsen (born 19 August 1994) is a Danish speedway rider.
Career
Born in Nykøbing Falster, Michelsen took up speedway at the age of 6, and went on to win the Junior World Cup in both 2008 and 2009.Laursen Brock, Jeppe (2013)Speedway ...
*
Jakub Miśkowiak
Jakub Miśkowiak (born on 3 August 2001) is an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career
In 2021, Miśkowiak won the gold medal at the Team Speedway Junior World Championship, Team Junior World Championship with Wik ...
*
Kacper Woryna
Kacper Woryna (born 31 August 1996) is a Polish Speedway rider.
Career
Born in Rybnik Woryna began racing in his native Poland in the Ekstraliga, with hometown club Rybnik. After a few years of riding in Poland, Woryna got his first break ...
Gorzów
*
Mateusz Bartkowiak Mateusz is a Polish language, Polish given name, equivalent to Hebrew names Matityahu and Matthew (name), Matthew, meaning "gift of Yahweh".
List
Notable people with the name include: B–H
*Mateusz Bąk (born 1983), Polish football goalkeeper
*Ma ...
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Oskar Fajfer
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Wiktor Jasiński
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Oskar Paluch
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Mathias Pollestad
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Anders Thomsen
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Martin Vaculík
Martin Vaculík (born 5 April 1990) is a Slovak motorcycle speedway rider.
Career
On the 6 May 2008, Vaculík gained a Polish speedway licence (''Licencja "Ż"'') at Toruń. and from 4 June 2008 he has taken part in the Polish Championship ...
*
Szymon Woźniak
Szymon Woźniak (born 6 May 1993) is a Polish Motorcycle speedway, speedway rider.
Career
He rode for his hometown club, Polonia Bydgoszcz in the Speedway Ekstraliga up to 2015 before moving to Sparta Wrocław for the 2016 season. He rode for t ...
Grudziądz
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Gleb Chugunov
Gleb Sergeevich Chugunov (born 17 December 1999) is an international speedway rider from Russia, who rides on a Polish licence.
Speedway career
Chugunov won a bronze medal at the Speedway World Cup in the 2017 Speedway World Cup. The follow ...
*
Max Fricke
Max Fricke (born 29 March 1996) is an Australian speedway rider. He is a World team champion, three time Australian champion and four times Australian Under-21 Champion.
Career
Fricke competed in junior levels of motocross and speedway in A ...
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Frederik Jakobsen
Frederik Jakobsen (born 1 May 1998) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.
Career
In 2018, Jakobsen rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the Poole Pirates in the SGB Premiership 2018. He was a finalist in the 2018 and 2 ...
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Kacper Łobodziński
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Nicki Pedersen
Nicki Pedersen (born 2 April 1977) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three time world champion having won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008. He has also won the World Cup with Denmark in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014.
Car ...
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Kacper Pludra
Kacper Pludra (born 21 August 2002) is an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.
Career
At the end of the 2021 season, Unia Leszno sold him to Grudziądz
Pludra's breakthrough year was in 2022, when he won the silver medal in t ...
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Wiktor Rafalski
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Mateusz Szczepaniak
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Vadim Tarasenko
Krosno
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Szymon Bandur
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Jason Doyle
Jason Kevin Doyle (born 6 October 1985) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He became World Champion in 2017 after winning the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix.
Doyle is a member of the Australia national speedway team and represented his coun ...
*
Krzysztof Kasprzak
Krzysztof Kasprzak (; born 18 July 1984 in Leszno, Poland) is a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider, who became World Under-21 Champion in 2005 and won the silver medal during the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix. He also won five World te ...
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Andzejs Lebedevs
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Václav Milík
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Krzysztof Sadurski
Krzysztof () is a Polish male given name, equivalent to English ''Christopher''. The name became popular in the 15th century. Its diminutive forms include Krzyś, Krzysiek, and Krzysio; augmentative – Krzychu
Individuals named Krzysztof may choo ...
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Mateusz Świdnicki
Mateusz Świdnicki (born 10 August 2001) is an international speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career
In 2020, he represented Poland in the U19 European Pairs Cup, where he won a bronze medal. On September 7, 2022 he became the Polish Ju ...
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Piotr Świercz
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Denis Zieliński
Leszno
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Chris Holder
Christopher Robert Holder (born 24 September 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian speedway rider, who was the 2012 World Speedway Champion. He is also five times Australian champion (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014.
Career
Hold ...
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Hubert Jabłoński
*
Janusz Kołodziej
*Jaimon Lidsey
*
Antoni Mencel
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Adrian Miedziński
Adrian Miedziński (born 20 August 1985 in Toruń, Poland) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He earned four international caps for the Poland national speedway team.
Career
Miedziński started riding in Poland during 2002 when he m ...
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Nazar Parnicki
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Damian Ratajczak
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Bartosz Smektala
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Grzegorz Zengota
Grzegorz Zengota (born 29 August 1988) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider.
Biography
Zengota was born on 29 August 1988, in Zielona Góra.
He was a member of Poland U-21 national team. He has won Under-21 Speedway World Cup twice, in ...
Lublin
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Bartosz Bańbor
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Mateusz Cierniak
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Kacper Grzelak
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Jaroslaw Hampel
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Jack Holder
Jack Holder (born 23 March 1996) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. Jack is a World team champion and his brother Chris Holder is a former World individual champion.
Career
A successful rider in Australia, he came to England and firs ...
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Dominik Kubera
Dominik Kubera (born 15 April 1999) is an international speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career
Kubera won a bronze and a silver medal at the World Under 21 Championship in 2019 and 2020 respectively. He had previously won the 2018 Indi ...
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Freddie Lindgren
Jan Fredrik Tobias (Freddie) Lindgren (born 15 September 1985) is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider. He has won the silver medal and the bronze medal twice at the Speedway World Championship, in addition to the world team championship in 2015 ...
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Bartosz Zmarzlik
Bartosz Zmarzlik (Polish: ; born 12 April 1995) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider, a five-time World Champion (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024), three-time World Team Champion (2016, 2017, 2023), World Junior Champion (2015) and European ...
Toruń
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Mateusz Affelt
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Kacper Andrzejewski
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Patryk Dudek
Patryk Dudek (; born 20 June 1992) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Poland national speedway team, Polish national speedway team.
Career
Dudek's father, Sławomir Dudek, Sławomir, was a professional rider and P ...
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Wiktor Lampart
Wiktor Lampart (born 21 May 2001) is an international speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career
Lampart became the European Junior Champion after winning the 2019 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship. He had previously won th ...
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Krzysztof Lewandowski
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Robert Lambert
*
Paweł Przedpełski
Paweł Przedpełski (born 23 June 1995) is a speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Leicester Lions in the SGB Premiership 2017. He currently rides for Apator Toruń in Poland. ...
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Oskar Rumiński Oskar may refer to:
People
* Oskar (given name), a masculine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Jón Óskar (1921–1998), Icelandic poet
* Lee Oskar (born 1948), Danish harmonica player, a founding memb ...
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Emil Sayfutdinov
Emil Damirovich Sayfutdinov (; born 26 October 1989) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Russia. He is a member of the Russia national speedway team. He is a three times World team champion, twice World Junior champion and a two-time winner o ...
Wrocław
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Kacper Andrzejewski
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Dan Bewley
Daniel Bewley (born 20 May 1999) is a British international speedway rider.
Career
Bewley started riding for the Belle Vue Colts and as a reserve for the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2017. In 2017, he won the National League Riders' Championship be ...
*
Maciej Janowski
Maciej Janowski (born 6 August 1991 in Wrocław, Poland[www.janowskiracing.com](_blank)
Retrieved on 2008-07-04 ...
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Bartłomiej Kowalski
Bartłomiej Kowalski (born 4 March 2002) is an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.
Career
Kowalski came to prominence in 2022, when he was part of the Polish team that won the Team Junior European Championship.
Previously ...
*
Artem Laguta
Artem Grigoryevich Laguta (; born 13 November 1990) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russian national team. He is the 2021 World Champion.
Career details
Laguta became the Russian champion in 2010 and 2011.
In Aug ...
*
Mateusz Panicz
*
Piotr Pawlicki
*
Tai Woffinden
Tai Woffinden (born 10 August 1990) is a British speedway rider. He is a three-time World Champion (2013, 2015 and 2018).
Early life
Woffinden was born in Scunthorpe, the son of former speedway rider Rob Woffinden. Although born in the Unite ...
References
{{Speedway in Poland
Speedway leagues
Professional sports leagues in Poland
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
* Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...
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