Start Gniezno

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Start Gniezno
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Club information
Track address Stadion Startu Gniezno
ul. Wrzesińska 25
Gniezno
CountryPoland
Founded1952
2004 (refounded)
2016 (refounded)
Team manager Blazej Skrzeszewski
League 1. Liga
Website Official website
Club facts
ColoursRed and Black
Track size348 metres (381 yd)
Track record time61.98
Track record date2011-10-09
Track record holder Darcy Ward
Major team honours
Team championship bronze medal 1980
Second tier 1958, 1979, 1986, 1995, 2012
Third tier 2005, 2008

Start Gniezno is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Gniezno who currently race in 1. Liga. [1]

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History

1958 to 1999

Speedway 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

When 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

Teams

2023 team

Previous teams

Honours

CompetitionsTotalGolden medalsSilver medalsBronze medals
TotalYearsTotalYearsTotalYears
Team (DMP)
(since 1948)		111980
Team U-21 (MDMP)
(since 1978)		111980
Pairs (MPPK)
(since 1974)		41199631979, 1980, 1998
Pairs U-21 (MMPPK)
(1980 U-23; since 1983)		421990, 199821987, 1999
Individual (IMP)
(since 1948)		112002
Individual U-21 (MIMP)
(since 1967)		321982, 198811975
Total Polish Championship medals: 14Gold: 0Silver: 6Bronze: 8
CompetitionsTotalI placeII placeIII place
TotalYearsTotalYearsTotal Years
European Club (KPE)
(since 1998)		0
Team Cup (DPP)
(?)		0
Golden Helmet (ZK)
(since 1961)		321980, 199911990
Silver Helmet U-21 (SK)
(since 1966)		441975, 1998, 2006, 2007
Bronze Helmet U-19 (BK)
(1976-81; since 1983)		321981, 199711998


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References

  1. ↑ "Speedway from Around the Globe - Poland PGE Ekstraliga". Speedway Star. 10 September 2022. p. 42.
  2. ↑ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1958". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Gniezno 1980 team stats". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Historia Speedway Polsce 2002". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Historia Drużynowych Mistrzostw Polski". Zuzeland.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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