Wiesław Jaguś (born 13 September 1975) is a former Polish
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rider.
Career
In August 2006, during the
Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The Speedway Grand Prix Challenge or Speedway Grand Prix Qualification is an annual speedway qualifying tournament to determine the qualifiers for the Speedway Grand Prix, which is the World Championship of speedway.
History
From 1995 the In ...
he won the
GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the
2007 Grand Prix. He duly rode in the
2007 Speedway Grand Prix
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series.
He won the
European Pairs Champion in 2007. Jaguś retired from competitive speedway at the close of the 2010 season, after starting his career in 1992. Nominated to "2008 Toruń Citizen of the Year"
Gazeta Wyborcza
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.
Wiesław Jaguś rode 19 seasons from 1992 to 2010 for
Apator Toruń in Poland.
Family
His brother Marcin was also a speedway rider.
Results
Speedway Grand Prix
Individual World Championship (
Speedway Grand Prix
Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone motorcycle speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The series started in 1995 replacing the previous format of a single event final. The first ...
)
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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 ...
- 31st place (wild card)
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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 ...
- 17th place (wild card)
*
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 ...
-
Individual Under-21 World Championship
*
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 ...
- 14th place - 4 points (X,0,1,3,0)
Team World Championship (
Speedway World Cup
The Speedway World Cup is a motorcycle speedway event for national teams held in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cup which ...
)
*
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 ...
- 5th place - 5 points in Semi-Final A (2,1,1,1,-)
European Pairs Championship
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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 ...
- European Champion - 13 points in Final (3,1,3,3,3,0)
2002
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- Bronze medal - 19 points in Final (4,2,1,8J,3,1)
** 2009 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup">2009
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*1998 - Bronze medal
*1999 - 15th place
*2001 - 7th place
*2003 - 4th place
*2004 - 14th place
*2006 - Silver medal
*2007 - 13th place
*1992 - Bronze medal
*1993 - Bronze medal
*1994 - Bronze medal
*1995 - Silver medal
*1996 - Silver medal
*2001 - Polish Champion
*2003 - Silver medal
*2007 - Silver medal
*2008 - Polish Champion
*2009 - Silver medal
*1999 - 13th place
*2002 - 8th place
*2003 - 4th place
*2004 - Gold medal
*2006 - 4th place