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, 2024 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) is a German motorcycle speedway rider. He is three-times world longtrack champion and eight times champion of Germany.

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Personal life

Smolinski was born on 6 December 1984 in Munich, West Germany. [1] He is of Polish descent through his paternal grandfather from Katowice. [2]

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. [3]

Coventry retained him for the following two seasons and his form improved over the next two seasons. [3] In 2006, he signed for his first Polish club Rybnik [4] and in 2007 became the German Champion for the first time. [5] Also in 2007, he won the league and cup double with Coventry during the 2007 Elite League speedway season. [3]

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. On 14 September 2014, the 390 metre track record was broken by Martin Smolinski who recorded 64.5 sec. The record still stood as of 2024. [6]

He would win eight German speedway Championships but his finest success came in 2018 when he won the 2018 Individual Long Track World Championship. [7]

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. [8]

In 2023, he was part of the German team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland. [9] He then went on claim a second Individual Long Track World Championship [10] [11] and the silver medal at the 2023 Team Long Track World Championship. [12]

In 2024, Smolinski successfully defended his World Longtrack title, winning three of the five rounds in the process. [13]

Major results

Speedway

Speedway Grand Prix

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)

Longtrack

Grand-Prix Series

YearGPPointsPosGP Wins
2010 223160
2011 68362
2012 61282nd0
2013 57841
2014 57150
2015 DNC
2016 125140
2017 125160
2018 51091st3
2019 51132nd2
2020 DNC
2021 2302nd1
2022 DNC
2023 61061st1
2024 5961st3

World Longtrack Best Grand-Prix Results

World Longtrack Team Championship

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References

  1. ↑ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN   0-9552376-1-0
  2. ↑ "W moich żyłach płynie polska żużlowa krew - rozmowa z Martinem Smolinskim". sportowefakty.wp.pl. 14 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Smolinski, Martin". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1991-2013". Speedway History. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Chronik". MSC Olching. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB.
  8. ↑ "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "WELCOME TO SWC". FIM. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Home hero Smolinski races to 2023 FIM Long Track World Championship". FIM.
  11. ↑ "Speedway ace becomes world champion - and dedicates the title to a special person". Merkur. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "24 September 2023 in Roden". Bahn Sport (In Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "Storming Smolinski retains FIM Long Track World Championship". FIM Long Track. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
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