Mariusz Staszewski (born 25 January 1975 in Poland) is a former
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 ...
rider from Poland.
Career
He gained his speedway licence in 1991 and rode for
Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski
Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski is a Polish motorcycle speedway team from Gorzów Wielkopolski.
The motorcycle speedway team is one of Poland's most accomplished teams – winning nine Team Speedway Polish Championships and ten Polish Pairs Speedway ...
in 1992.
In 2001, Staszewski finished second in the
2001 Individual Speedway European Championship
The 2001 Individual Speedway European Championship
Qualification
*Qualifying Round:
**June 4, 2001
** Abensberg
*Semi-Final A:
**July 29, 2001
** Lviv
*Semi-Final B:
**August 12, 2001
** Lendava
Final
*August 26, 2001
* Heusden Zolde ...
.
From 2009 to 2013, Staszewski rode in the
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 ...
for
Ostrów.
Honours
*
Individual European Championship:
**
2001
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– silver medal (13 points)
**
2007
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Events
January
* January 1
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– 10th place (6 points)
See also
*
Poland national speedway team
The Poland national speedway team is the national motorcycle speedway team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Motor Union ( PZM). They are one of the most successful speedway nations of all time.
History
The Polish speedway team parti ...
References
Polish speedway riders
1975 births
Living people
Polonia Bydgoszcz riders
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