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Tomasz Gollob
Born	; (1971-04-11) 11 April 1971 (age 47); Bydgoszcz, Poland;
Nationality	; Poland;
Website	www.gollobracing.com
Career history
1988, 1990-2003	; Polonia Bydgoszcz (POL)
1989	; Wybrzeże Gdańsk (POL)
1998-2000	; Ipswich Witches (GBR)
2001-2010	; Västervik (SWE)
2004-2007	; Unia Tarnów (POL)
2008-2012	; Stal Gorzów Wlkp. (POL)
2013-2014	; KS Toruń (POL)
2015	; GKM Grudziadz (POL)
;
; Speedway Grand Prix statistics
Starts	163
Podiums	53 (22-10-21)
Finalist	66 time
Winner	22 times
Individual honours
2010	World Champion
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995; 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009	Polish Champion
1990, 1991, 1992	Polish Under 21 Champion
1994, 1995, 1997, 2000; 2002	Polish Golden Helmet Winner
1990, 2002	Polish Silver Helmet Winner
1995, 1998, 1999, 2002; 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007; 2008	Polish Grand Prix Champion
1995	; Jack Young Memorial Cup winner
1996	Continental Champion
1997	Swedish Grand Prix Champion
1999, 2010	Czech Grand Prix Champion
2001	German Grand Prix Champion
2008	Slovenian Grand Prix Champion
2009, 2010	Italian Grand Prix Champion
2010	Torun Grand Prix Champion
2010	Nordic Grand Prix Champion
2011	Danish Grand Prix Champion
2012	Scandinavian Grand Prix Champion
;
Team honours
1996	World Team Cup Winner
2005, 2007, 2009, 2010	World Cup Winner
2001	European Cup Champions' Winner
1992, 1997, 1998, 2000; 2002, 2004, 2005	Polish Team Champion
1990, 1991, 1993, 1994; 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999; 2000, 2002	Polish Pairs Champion
1998	Elite League Champion
1998	Elite League KO Cup Winner
1998	Craven Shield Winner
2005, 2006	Swedish Elitserien Champion
;

Tomasz Gollob ([ˈtɔmaʂ ˈɡɔlːɔp] ( listen); born 11 April 1971 in Bydgoszcz, Poland)^[1] is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who has appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series since its inaugural season in 1995. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rider.

Career summary

Site of 2007 plane crash.

Tomasz Gollob spent almost all of his career with hometown club Bydgoszcz until he moved to Unia Tarnów in 2004. He has won the Polish Individual Championship eight times (between 1992 and 2009) and the Polish Pairs Championship ten times. He has also won the Polish Grand Prix eight times in thirteen years. He clinched the Speedway World Championship in 2010 after securing the championship in Terenzano, Italy. He is only the second Pole to ever win the World Championship, following in the footsteps of Jerzy Szczakiel who won in 1973.

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.

Gollob was also a member of the Poland speedway team that won the World Team Cup in 1996 and the World Cup in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011.

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.^[2]

For his sport achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta:

Knight's Cross (5th Class) in 2000

Officer's Cross (4th Class) in 2007

Commander's Cross (2010)

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

1993 - Pocking, Rottalstadion - 7th - 8pts

1994 - Vojens, Speedway Center - 16th - 0pts^[3]

World Pairs Championship

1993 - Vojens, Speedway Center (with Piotr Świst / Piotr Baron) - 5th - 15pts (15)

World Team Cup

1994 - Brokstedt, Holsteinring Brokstedt - 2nd - 20pts (16)

1995 - Bydgoszcz, Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium - 6th - 13pts (12)

1996 - Diedenbergen, Hofheim-Diedenbergen - Winner - 27pts (15)

1997 - Piła, Stadion Żużlowy Centrum - 2nd - 25pts (13)

1998 - Vojens, Speedway Center - 4th - 17pts (15)

World Cup

2001 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium - 2nd - 65pts (27)

2002 - Peterborough, East of England Showground - 4th - 48pts (17)

2003 - Vojens, Speedway Center - 4th - 49pts (20)

2004 - Poole, Poole Stadium - 4th - 22pts (1)

2005 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium - Winner - 62pts

2007 - Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium - Winner - 55pts

2008 - Vojens, Speedway Center - 2nd - 46pts

2009 - Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium - Winner - 44pts

2010 - Vojens, Speedway Center - Winner - 46pts

Individual Under-21 World Championship

1992 - Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Speedway Stadion Pfaffenhofen - 5th - 10pts

Speedway Grand Prix results

Year	Position	Points	Best Finish	Notes
1998	3rd	97	Winner	Won Polish Grand Prix
1999	2nd	98	Winner	Won in Czech Republic and Polish Grand Prix
2000	7th	64	5th
2001	3rd	89	Winner	Won the 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	Third in Slovenian, Swedish and Polish Grand Prix
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	Second in New Zealand Grand Prix

Family

Tomasz Gollob has two brothers and one sister ^[4]

References

^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
ISBN 0-9552376-1-0

^
"Gollob survives plane crash drama". Evening Star. 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2007-10-24.

^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.
ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

^ "GollobRacing.com - Oficjalny serwis Tomasza Golloba".

External links

Media related to Tomasz Gollob at Wikimedia Commons

Official website

2011 Speedway Grand Prix riders
1	Gollob	2	Hampel	3	Crump	4	Holta	5	Hancock
6	Harris	7	Bjerre	8	Holder	9	Jonsson	10	Pedersen
11	Lindgren	12	Sayfutdinov	13	Laguta	14	Lindbäck	15	Kołodziej

[1] Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
ISBN 0-9552376-1-0

[Evening_Star-2] 
"Gollob survives plane crash drama". Evening Star. 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2007-10-24.

[3] Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.
ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

[4] "GollobRacing.com - Oficjalny serwis Tomasza Golloba".

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