Martin Smolinski

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Martin Smolinski
Krosno
2009Toruń
2011Gniezno
2017Lublin
2019Zielona Góra
Sweden
2007–2008, 2010, 2013Hammarby
2020-2021Masarna
Denmark
2004Outrup
2007Slangerup
2013, 2017Grindsted
Great Britain
2004–2007, 2009Coventry
2013Birmingham
Individual honours
German Longtrack champion
Team honours
2019, 2023
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.

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.

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

2019 Team Long Track World Championship.[8]

In 2023, he was part of the German team that competed 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

Year GP Points Pos GP Wins
2010
 2 23 16 0
2011
 6 83 6 2
2012
 6 128 2nd 0
2013
 5 78 4 1
2014
 5 71 5 0
2015
 DNC
2016
 1 25 14 0
2017
 1 25 16 0
2018
 5 109 1st 3
2019
 5 113 2nd 2
2020
 DNC
2021
 2 30 2nd 1
2022
 DNC
2023
 6 106 1st 1
2024 5 96 1st 3

World Longtrack Best Grand-Prix Results

World Longtrack Team Championship

References

  1. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
  2. ^ "W moich żyłach płynie polska żużlowa krew - rozmowa z Martinem Smolinskim". sportowefakty.wp.pl. 14 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "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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