Szymon Woźniak Explained

Szymon Woźniak
Nationality:Polish
Birth Date:1993 5, df=y
Birth Place:Tuchola, Poland
Website:Official website
Sgp No:48
Sgp Starts:14
Sgp Finals:0
Sgp Win:0
Career1:Poland
Career2:Bydgoszcz
Years2:2008–2015
Career3:Wrocław
Years3:2016–2017
Career4:Gorzów
Years4:2018–2024
Career8:Sweden
Career9:Rospiggarna
Years9:2015, 2022
Career10:Piraterna
Years10:2016
Career11:Vetlanda
Years11:2017–2021
Career12:Indianerna
Years12:2023–2024
Career16:Great Britain
Career17:Leicester
Years17:2015–2016
Career19:Denmark
Years20:2012
Career20:Outrup
Years21:2013–2014
Career21:Grindsted
Indivyear1:2014
Indivhonour1:Polish Under-21 Champion
Indivyear2:2017
Indivhonour2:Polish Champion
Teamyear1:2023
Teamyear2:2023

Szymon Woźniak (born 6 May 1993)[1] [2] is a Polish speedway rider.[3]

Career

He rode for his hometown club, Polonia Bydgoszcz in the Speedway Ekstraliga up to 2015 before moving to Sparta Wrocław for the 2016 season.[4] He rode for the Poland U-21 national team and won the Polish Under-21 Championship in 2014. He was part of the Leicester Lions team in the British Elite League in 2015 and 2016.[5] [6]

In 2017, he won the Polish Championship, beating Przemyslaw Pawlicki, Patryk Dudek, and Jaroslaw Hampel in the final.[7]

In 2023, he was a member of the Polish team that won the European Team Speedway Championship[8] and paired up with Przemysław Pawlicki to become the European Pairs champion.[9] However, arguably his best result was finishing third in the Grand Prix Challenge, which sealed a place in the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix.[10]

Personal life

Woźniak has one older brother. His family is unrelated to Jacek Woźniak, a Polonia Bydgoszcz coach.

Major results

World individual Championship

World Junior Championships

Domestic competitions

See also

Notes and References

  1. Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2010, pages 18-19,
  2. Web site: Profil . Polish . szymon-wozniak.com . August 30, 2010 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100521053151/http://www.szymon-wozniak.com/profil.php . May 21, 2010 .
  3. Web site: Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 12 September 2024.
  4. Gapiński, Damian (2015) "Szymon Woźniak zasili Spartę Wrocław!", sportowefakty.wp.pl, 23 October 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015
  5. "Elite League: Leicester sign Polish Under-21 champion Szymon Wozniak", Sky Sports, 4 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2015
  6. Web site: Leicester 63 Coventry Bees 27: No panic yet for Bees despite Bowl setback . Coventry Telegraph . 13 September 2024 .
  7. "Wozniak Wins Polish Title", monsterenergyswc.com, 2 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017
  8. Web site: 2023 European Team Speedway Championship FINAL . FIM . 2 May 2023.
  9. Web site: European Pairs Speedway Championship: Team Poland grabs the title at home . FIM Europe. 5 October 2023.
  10. Web site: Nine nations represented as 2024 Speedway GP line-up is confirmed . FIM Europe. 5 October 2023.
  11. "International News", Speedway Star, 20 September 2014, p. 37