Piotr Świderski (born 11 May 1983 in

Rawicz Rawicz (; german: Rawitsch) is a town in west-central Poland with 21,398 inhabitants as of 2004. It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Leszno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Rawicz ...

, 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 history

Świderski rode for the

Peterborough Panthers The Peterborough Panthers are a British speedway team based in Peterborough, England. They are three times champions of the United Kingdom, winning the highest level league in 1999, 2006 and 2021. History 1970–1994 The Panthers inaugural se ...

in 2006 and 2007 before being loaned out to Ipswich for 2008. After being dropped by Ipswich he went on to ride for

Lakeside Hammers The Lakeside Hammers were a speedway team who most recently raced in the SGB Championship in 2018. They were founded (as the Arena-Essex Hammers) by promoter Wally Mawdsley and stock car promoter Chick Woodroffe. The team were nicknamed the Ham ...

in the British Elite League. In 2015, he signed for

Leicester Lions Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. The club returned to speedway for the 2011 Premier League season, moving up to the Elite League ...

to replace the retired

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, which turned out to be his final season in British speedway.Swiderski is a Lion
, speedwaygb.co, 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015 In his native Poland, he rode for 15 seasons from 2002 until 2016.

References

1983 births Living people Polish speedway riders Ipswich Witches riders Peterborough Panthers riders People from Rawicz Sportspeople from Greater Poland Voivodeship {{poland-speedway-bio-stub