Michał Szczepaniak (born 1 August 1983) 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 ...

from Poland.

Career

Szczepaniak 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 multiple clubs from 1999 to 2019; they were Ostrów,

Polonia Piła Polonia Piła is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Piła who currently race in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga). They have won the Team Speedway Polish Championship once in 1999. History 1957 to 1968 Polonia Piła was founde ...

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Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

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Wybrzeże Gdańsk Wybrzeże Gdańsk was a Polish multi-sports club based in Gdańsk, established in 1945, most known for its motorcycle speedway and handball teams. Club has closed in 2005, due to financial problems. Before 2006 speedway season was established ...

and Kolejarz Opole. He reached the final of the 2005 Individual Speedway European Championship. Szczepaniak also rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the

Coventry Bees Coventry Bees are a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon, Warwickshire, Brandon near Coventry, England. They are eight times champions of Britain. History Origins and 1920s The firs ...

during the

2013 Elite League speedway season The 2013 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of the top division of UK speedway and the took place between March and October 2013. Summary The Swindon Robins wer ...

Family

His younger brother Mateusz Szczepaniak is also a speedway rider.

References

1983 births Living people Polish speedway riders Coventry Bees riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England {{Speedway-stub