Martin Smolinski

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Martin Smolinski
Martin Smolinski Coventry 2007 speedway.jpg
Smolinski riding for Coventry in 2007
Born (1984-12-06) 6 December 1984 (age 39)
Munich,
West Germany
NationalityGerman
Career history
Germany
1999–2008 MSC Olching
2010–2012, 2021–2023 AC Landshut
Poland
2006–2007 Rybnik
2008 Grudziądz
2008, 2013 Krosno
2009 Toruń
2011 Gniezno
2017 Lublin
2019 Zielona Góra
Sweden
2007–2008, 2010, 2013 Hammarby
2020-2021 Masarna
Denmark
2004 Outrup
2007 Slangerup
2013, 2017 Grindsted
Great Britain
2004–2007, 2009 Coventry
2013 Birmingham
Individual honours
2018, 2023 World Longtrack Championship
2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 German Champion
2003German Under-21 Champion
2011 European Grasstrack Champion
2012, 2013, 2016 German Longtrack champion
Team honours
2019, 2023 World Longtrack Team silver
2007 Elite League Champion
2007 Elite League KO Cup Winner
2007 Craven Shield Winner

Martin Smolinski (born 6 December 1984, in Munich, West Germany) [1] is an international motorcycle speedway rider from Germany. [2] [3] He is twice world longtrack champion and eight times champion of Germany.

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Career

Smolinksi began riding in his natiove Germany for MSC Olching. He became the German junior champion in 2003 and after reaching the final 2003 Speedway Under-21 World Championship he signed for Coventry Bees in England. [2]

Coventry retained him for the following two seasons and his form improved over the next two seasons. [2] In 2006, he signed for his first Polish club Rybnik [3] and in 2007 became the German Champion for the first time. [4] Also in 2007, he won the league and cup double with Coventry during the 2007 Elite League speedway season. [2]

He was a regular team member of the German speedway team at senior level and represented them in the annual Speedway World Cup. In 2010, he won his third German title and began concentrating mainly on Long track.

He would win eight German speedway Championships but his finest success came in 2018 when he won the 2018 Individual Long Track World Championship. [5]

In 2019, he was part of the German team, along with Lukas Fienhage and Max Dilger, that won the silver medal at the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship. [6]

In 2023, he was part of the German team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland. [7] He then went on claim a second Individual Long Track World Championship [8] [9] and the silver medal at the 2023 Team Long Track World Championship. [10]

Personal life

Smolinski is of Polish descent through his paternal grandfather from Katowice. [11]

Speedway Grand Prix

2007 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 17)
Race no.Grand PrixPos.Pts.HeatsDraw No
11 /11 Flag of Germany.svg German SGP 17--17
 permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
 rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

Major results

Speedway

World team championship

  • 2003 - 10th place (1 point in Event 1)
  • 2004 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (14 points)
  • 2005 - 8th place (2 points in Event 2)
  • 2006 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (9 points)
  • 2007 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (13 points)
  • 2008 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (12 points)
  • 2009 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (10 points)

Other

World U-21 World Championship

  • 2003 - 15th place (2 points)
  • 2004 - 6th place (9 points)
  • 2005 - 15th place (2 points)

Team U-21 World Championship

  • 2005 - 2nd in Qualifying Round 1 (8 points)

U-19 European Championship

  • 2000 - 4th place (11 points + 2)
  • 2002 - 13th place (4 points)
  • 2003 - 16th place (2 points)

European Pairs Championship

  • 2004 - 10 points in Semi-Final 1
  • 2006 - 16 points in Semi-Final 2

Longtrack

Grand-Prix Series

YearGPPointsPosGP WinsOP
2010 2231600
2011 683620
2012 61282nd02
2013 578411
2014 571501
2015 DNC
2016 1251401
2017 1251600
2018 51091st30
2019 51132nd21
2020 DNC
2021 2302nd11
2022 DNC
2023 61061st15

World Longtrack Best Grand-Prix Results

World Longtrack Team Championship

Grasstrack

European Grasstrack Championship

Finals

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References

  1. ↑ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN   0-9552376-1-0
  2. 1 2 3 4 "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Smolinski, Martin". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1991-2013". Speedway History. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  6. ↑ "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "WELCOME TO SWC". FIM. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Home hero Smolinski races to 2023 FIM Long Track World Championship". FIM.
  9. ↑ "Speedway ace becomes world champion - and dedicates the title to a special person". Merkur. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "24 September 2023 in Roden". Bahn Sport (In Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  11. ↑ Media, Wirtualna Polska (14 January 2013). "W moich żyłach płynie polska żużlowa krew - rozmowa z Martinem Smolinskim". sportowefakty.wp.pl.
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