Piotr Pawlicki (born 30 November 1994) is a Polish

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rider.

Career

Born in

Leszno Leszno (german: Lissa, 1800–1918 ''Lissa in Posen'') is a historic city in western Poland, within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the seventh-largest city in the province with an estimated population of 62,200, as of 2021. Previously, it ...

, he is the son of former rider

Piotr Pawlicki Sr. Piotr Pawlicki Sr. (born 29 July 1963) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. Career Pawlicki Sr. came to prominence in 1983, when he won the Polish Junior Individual Speedway Championship. He won a bronze medal in the prestigio ...

and the younger brother of

Przemysław Pawlicki Przemysław Pawlicki (born 5 September 1991)''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (77) 2009, pages 14-15 is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of Poland U-21 and U-19 national teams. Pawlicki is a current Team U-21 World Champion and Tea ...

. He won the Polish Under-21 Championship in 2011 and also competed in the World Under-21 Championship. He rode for his hometown team

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in the

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and also for

Piła Piła (german: Schneidemühl) is a city in northwestern Poland and the capital of Piła County, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its population as of 2021 was 71,846, making it the third-largest city in the voivodeship after Poznań a ...

in the Polish second division. In August 2011 he was signed by

Coventry Bees Coventry Bees were a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon near Coventry, England. History A Coventry team was first formed in 1928 and competed in the inaugural season of the Souther ...

and rode for them in the Elite League. He was a reserve at the 2011 Polish

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at Torun. His 2011 season was ended by a broken wrist sustained while racing in Poland in October. In 2012, he rode for

Poole Pirates Poole Pirates (also known as Poole Speedway) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the SGB Championship. The club have been the List of United Kingdom speedway league champions, champions of the United Kingdom on ...

as a temporary replacement for the injured

Dennis Andersson Dennis Andersson (born 3 June 1991)''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (77) 2009, pages 20-21, is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider who is riding for the Atlas Wrocław in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga. Andersson won the 2010 Under-19 European Champ ...

, coming in on an assessed average of 4.00. Poole wanted him to return in 2013 but decided against signing him after he was given a higher assessed average of 7.00 by the

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's independent arbitrator. On 4 October 2014, he was crowned as the 2014 U21-Worldchampion in

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, leading the Junior Worldchampionship after three events in

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, Ostrow and Pardubice. For 2015 he has been nominated as one of the three Speedway-GP Reserves for the SGP 2015. Pawlicki competed in the Speedway Grand Prix wearing the number 777 during 2016 and 2017 as a permanent rider. In 2016, he finished in 6th place after 18 heat wins, and made one Grand Prix final. In 2017, finished 11th with 81 points and won the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia. The years of 2016 and 2017 were breakthrough years for Pawlicki and he recorded his best results to date after winning the

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with Poland in both 2016 and 2017. In the 2016 semi final, Pawlicki was the top scorer for Poland and for the final in Great Britain the current captain

Maciej Janowski Maciej Janowski (born 6 August 1991 in Wrocław, Polandwww.janowskiracing.com
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was dropped and Piotr, at only 21, was the new captain. He raced Poland to victory beating Great Britain for the title. In 2017 he was back on the Polish team alongside fellow grand prix riders: captain Maciej Janowski,

Bartosz Zmarzlik Bartosz Zmarzlik (; born 12 April 1995) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider and three-time World Champion (2019, 2020 and 2022). He has been decorated with the Order of Polonia Restituta, V class. Biography Born in Szczecin, Poland, Zmarzlik i ...

, and

Patryk Dudek Patryk Dudek (; born 20 June 1992) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Polish national speedway team. Career Dudek's father, Sławomir, was a professional rider and Patryk gained his speedway licence in 2008. Dudek wo ...

. Where they won and were back to back champions beating team Sweden in Lezno, Poland. In 2023, he signed for

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in the Swedish

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(he first rode for the club in 2011). Pawlicki returned to British speedway in 2024, after signing for

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. In 2024, he won the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pawlicki, Piotr 1994 births Living people Polish speedway riders Unia Leszno riders Coventry Bees riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England Poole Pirates riders Sportspeople from Leszno Speedway World Cup champions