Tomasz Gollob
Unia Tarnów | |
2008-2012 | Stal Gorzów |
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2013-2014 | KS Toruń |
2015-2016 | GKM Grudziądz |
Great Britain | |
1998-2000 | Ipswich Witches |
Sweden | |
1997 | Valsarna |
2001-2010 | Västervik |
2011-2013 | Hammarby |
Denmark | |
2009 | Esbjerg |
Continental Champion | |
1994, 1995, 1997, 2000 2002 | Polish Golden Helmet Winner |
1990, 2002 | Polish Silver Helmet Winner |
1995 | Jack Young Memorial Cup winner |
Team honours | |
1996 | Craven Shield Winner |
2005, 2006 | Swedish Elitserien Champion |
Tomasz Robert Gollob ([ˈtɔmaʂ ˈɡɔlːɔp] ; born 11 April 1971 in Bydgoszcz, Poland)[1] is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider.[2] He appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series between its inaugural season in 1995 and 2013. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rider.
Career summary
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Gollob_awionetka2.jpg/150px-Gollob_awionetka2.jpg)
Tomasz Gollob spent almost all of his career with hometown club
Gollob also spent some time in Australia in the early-mid 1990s based at the North Arm Speedway in Adelaide. While In Australia, Gollob would race against many of his future World Championship rivals including Jason Crump, Leigh Adams, and Ryan Sullivan. Gollob is the only World Champion to win the Jack Young Solo Cup held in Adelaide each year in memory of Australia's 1951 and 1952 World Champion, Jack Young. He won the cup in 1995 at North Arm.
On 28 July 1996 he won the
Gollob was also a member of the
In 2007, Gollob survived a plane crash with fellow rider Rune Holta. The plane, flown by his father Władysław, crashed on the way to a speedway meeting at Tarnów. Gollob escaped with cuts and bruises after pulling his father from the wreckage.[4]
On retirement, Gollob had achieved 22 Grand Prix wins from 1995 until 2012.
In 2017, Gollob suffered serious injuries to head and spine in a motocross accident during a MX event in Northern Poland.[5]
For his sport achievements, he received the
World final appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1993 -
Pocking, Rottalstadion - 7th - 8pts
- 1994 -
Vojens, Speedway Center - 16th - 0pts[6]
World Pairs Championship
- 1993 -
Vojens, Speedway Center (with Piotr Świst / Piotr Baron) - 5th - 15pts (15)
World Team Cup
- Holsteinring Brokstedt- 2nd - 20pts (16)
- Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium- 6th - 13pts (12)
- Speedway Arena Diedenbergen- Winner - 27pts (15)
- Stadion Żużlowy Centrum- 2nd - 25pts (13)
- 1998 -
Vojens, Speedway Center - 4th - 17pts (15)
World Cup
- - 2nd - 65pts (27)
- - 4th - 48pts (17)
- - 4th - 49pts (20)
- - 4th - 22pts (1)
- - Winner - 62pts
- - Winner - 55pts
- - 2nd - 46pts
- - Winner - 44pts
- - Winner - 46pts
Individual Under-21 World Championship
- Speedway Stadion Pfaffenhofen- 5th - 10pts
Speedway Grand Prix results
Year | Position | Points | Best Finish | Notes |
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1995 | 9th | 73 | Winner | Won Polish Grand Prix |
1996 | 12th | 43 | 3rd | |
1997 | 3rd | 92 | Winner | Won Swedish Grand Prix |
1998 | 3rd | 97 | Winner | Won Polish Grand Prix |
1999 | 2nd | 98 | Winner | Won Czech Republic Grand Prix and Polish Grand Prix |
2000 | 7th | 64 | 5th | |
2001 | 3rd | 89 | Winner | Won German Grand Prix |
2002 | 7th | 117 | Winner | Won Polish Grand Prix |
2003 | 6th | 111 | Winner | Won Polish Grand Prix |
2004 | 6th | 113 | Winner | Won Polish Grand Prix |
2005 | 7th | 83 | Winner | Won Polish Grand Prix |
2006 | 8th | 94 | 3rd | |
2007 | 4th | 108 | Winner | Won Polish Grand Prix |
2008 | 3rd | 148 | Winner | Won Slovenian, Danish and German Grand Prix |
2009 | 2nd | 144 | Winner | Won Scandinavian and Italian Grand Prix |
2010 | 1st | 166 | Winner | Won Czech Republic, Polish, Nordic and Italian Grand Prix |
2011 | 5th | 106 | Winner | Won Danish Grand Prix |
2012 | 4th | 142 | Winner | Won Scandinavian Grand Prix |
2013 | 9th | 89 | 2nd |
Family
Tomasz Gollob has two brothers and one sister[7]
See also
References
- ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
- ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Gollob survives plane crash drama". Evening Star. 11 June 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
- ^ "Doctors 'very cautious' about Tomasz Gollob, former world champion in induced coma after crash". 24 April 2017.
- ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
- ^ "GollobRacing.com - Oficjalny serwis Tomasza Golloba".
External links
Media related to Tomasz Gollob at Wikimedia Commons