Zbigniew Suchecki (born 21 July 1984 in

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, Poland) is a

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

Suchecki 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 ...

from 2001 to 2002, before joining

Zielona Góra Zielona Góra (; ''Green Mountain''; ) is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (). The region is closely associated with vineyards and holds an annual Zielona Góra Wine Fest, Wine Fest. Zie ...

for five seasons. In 2007, he made his British debut for

Ipswich Witches The Ipswich Witches are a British motorcycle speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They compete in the British SGB Premiership. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30 ...

, during the same season he was 5th in

2007 Individual Speedway European Championship The 2007 Individual Speedway European Championship was a speedway competition consisting of three qualifying rounds, three semi-final rounds, and a final round. The final, held on 29 September in Wiener Neustadt, was won by Jurica Pavlic of Cro ...

. In 2008, he moved from Ipswich to

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

2008 Elite League speedway season The 2008 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 74th season of the top division of UK speedway and the 12th since its establishment as the Elite League. The first fixtures of the ...

, which proved to be his last season in Britain. However, he continued to ride in Poland for various clubs in all three divisions of Polish speedway ( Ekstraliga,

Polish Speedway First League The Polish Speedway First League or Ekstraliga 2 (formerly the Liga.1 żużlowa is the second division of motorcycle speedway in Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Balti ...

and the

Polish Speedway Second League The Polish National Speedway League or Krajowa Liga Żużlowa, formerly 2 Liga żużlowa is the third division of motorcycle speedway in Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from t ...

). In 2022, he completed his third season for

Start Gniezno Start Gniezno is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Gniezno who currently race in 1. Liga. History 1958 to 1999 Speedway in Gniezno appeared during the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, a team called Unia Gniezno competed in the ...

European championships

* Individual European Championship **

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–

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– 6th place (10 points)

Domestic competitions

* Individual Polish Championship **

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

– 13th place ** ''

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

– 10th place in Quarter-Final 1'' * Silver Helmet U-21: **

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

– 2nd place

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suchecki, Zbigniew 1984 births Living people Polish speedway riders Ipswich Witches riders Polish expatriate speedway riders in England Poole Pirates riders Sportspeople from Gorzów Wielkopolski Motorcycle racers from Lubusz Voivodeship

Career

European championships

Domestic competitions

See also

References