Sławomir Drabik (born 6 February 1966 in

Jawor Jawor () is a town in south-western Poland with 22,890 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the seat of Jawor County, and lies approximately west of the regional capital Wrocław. One of the oldest towns ...

, 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, who won the 1996 Speedway World Team Cup. He earned 13 international caps for the

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Career

He gained his Speedway licence in 1984. In 1987 he toured the United Kingdom with the Polish team and rode in the British leagues after joining

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 champions of the United Kingdom on ten occasions. Poole Speedway is promoted by l ...

for the 1992 season. Drabik was second in the 2003 Individual European Championship and 2007 European Pairs Championship. He was a permanent rider of

1997 Speedway Grand Prix The 1997 Speedway Grand Prix was the 52nd edition of the official World Championship. It was the third season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. Greg Hancock from the United States became the World Cham ...

World Final Appearances

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

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- 9th - 6pts

Speedway Grand Prix results

Speedway World Team Cup

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

- Winner - 27pts (12)

European Championships

Individual European Championship: *

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

- 2nd - 12pts + 2pts *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

- 16th - 1pt European Pairs Championship: *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

- 2nd - 22pts (9)

Polish Domestic competitions

Individual Polish Championship: * 1991 - Winner * 1996 - Winner * 1997 - 2nd * Polish U-21 Championship: ** 1986 - 3rd * Poland Golden Helmet: **

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

- Winner

Family

His son

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 ...

is a Polish international speedway rider and double Junior World champion.

References

1966 births Living people Polish speedway riders Polish speedway champions Poole Pirates riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England People from Jawor Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship {{poland-speedway-bio-stub