Start Gniezno is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Gniezno who currently race in 1. Liga.[1]
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| Club information | |||||||
| Track address | Stadion Startu Gniezno ul. Wrzesińska 25 Gniezno | ||||||
| Country | Poland | ||||||
| Founded | 1952 2004 (refounded) 2016 (refounded) | ||||||
| Team manager | Blazej Skrzeszewski | ||||||
| League | 1. Liga | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
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| Colours | Red and Black | ||||||
| Track size | 348 metres (381 yd) | ||||||
| Track record time | 61.98 | ||||||
| Track record date | 2011-10-09 | ||||||
| Track record holder | Darcy Ward | ||||||
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History
edit1958 to 1999
editSpeedway in Gniezno appeared during the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, a team called Unia Gniezno competed in the regional Third League. However, it only lasted the one season and it was not until 1956 that Start Gniezno started riding.
The team won their first honours in 1958, after winning the second division.[2]
In 1980, the team won the bronze medal in the Team Speedway Polish Championship. Riders included Eugeniusz Błaszak, Leon Kujawski and Jan Puk.[3] Krzysztof Cegielski earned a silver medal in the Polish Individual Speedway Championship during the 2002 Polish speedway season.[4]
2000 to present
editWhen the Ekstraliga was introduced in 2000, Gniezno were in the 1. Liga.[5]
The club was initially part the multi-sports club with the prefix SKS, before disbanding and being reformed as TŻ (Towarzystwo Żużlowe; Polish: Speedway Association) in 2004 as an independent club and after another bankruptcy reformed once again under the prefix GTM (Gnieźnieńskie Towarzystwo Motorowe; Polish: Gniezno Speedway Association).
The team have generally competed in the two lower divisions in recent years, winning the 2. Liga in 2005 and 2008 and 1. Liga in 2012.
Notable riders
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Teams
edit2023 team
edit- To be announced
Previous teams
editExtended content
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2022 squad |
Honours
edit| Competitions | Total | Golden medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | |||
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| Total | Years | Total | Years | Total | Years | ||
| Team (DMP) (since 1948) |
1 | 1 | 1980 | ||||
| Team U-21 (MDMP) (since 1978) |
1 | 1 | 1980 | ||||
| Pairs (MPPK) (since 1974) |
4 | 1 | 1996 | 3 | 1979, 1980, 1998 | ||
| Pairs U-21 (MMPPK) (1980 U-23; since 1983) |
4 | 2 | 1990, 1998 | 2 | 1987, 1999 | ||
| Individual (IMP) (since 1948) |
1 | 1 | 2002 | ||||
| Individual U-21 (MIMP) (since 1967) |
3 | 2 | 1982, 1988 | 1 | 1975 | ||
| Total Polish Championship medals: 14 | Gold: 0 | Silver: 6 | Bronze: 8 | ||||
| Competitions | Total | I place | II place | III place | |||
| Total | Years | Total | Years | Total | Years | ||
| European Club (KPE) (since 1998) |
0 | ||||||
| Team Cup (DPP) (?) |
0 | ||||||
| Golden Helmet (ZK) (since 1961) |
3 | 2 | 1980, 1999 | 1 | 1990 | ||
| Silver Helmet U-21 (SK) (since 1966) |
4 | 4 | 1975, 1998, 2006, 2007 | ||||
| Bronze Helmet U-19 (BK) (1976-81; since 1983) |
3 | 2 | 1981, 1997 | 1 | 1998 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Speedway from Around the Globe - Poland PGE Ekstraliga". Speedway Star. 10 September 2022. p. 42.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1958". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Gniezno 1980 team stats". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 2002". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Historia Drużynowych Mistrzostw Polski". Zuzeland.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.