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Polish speedway rider

Piotr Protasiewicz
Career history
Protasiewicz in 2007
Born	(1975-01-25) 25 January 1975 (age 49) Zielona Góra, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Poland
1991–1994, 2007–2022	Zielona Góra
1995–1996	Wrocław
1997–2002, 2005–2006	Bydgoszcz
2003–2004	Toruń
Great Britain
1998	King's Lynn
2002–2003	Peterborough
2005–2006	Ipswich
2007	Oxford
Sweden
2000–2019	Indianerna
Denmark
2008	Outrup
2009–2011, 2016–2017	Esbjerg
2021	Region Varde

Individual honours
1997, 2003	GP Challenge winner
1999	Polish champion

Team honours
1996, 2005, 2009, 2011	World Cup winner

Piotr Protasiewicz (born 25 January 1975 in Zielona Góra, Poland) is a Polish international speedway rider. He is a four times World team champion and earned 24 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.

Career

Protasiewicz began his career riding for Falubaz Zielona Góra in 1991 where he would spend four seasons. He began to record some notable performances including reaching the finals of three Speedway Under-21 World Championship in 1993, 1995 and 1996. In the 1996 final he scored a perfect 15 point maximum to be crowned the World U21 champion.

He rode for the Polish national team in the 1996 Speedway World Cup and in October 1997, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qualification he won the GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the 1998 Grand Prix. He would repeat this feat three years later in October 2003.

Protasiewicz made his British league debut in 1998 for the King's Lynn Stars and would spend two seasons with the Peterborough Panthers and two seasons with the Ipswich Witches before a final season with Oxford Cheetahs in 2007. He won a second World Cup gold medal for Poland in the 2005.

In total he rode in 12 Speedway Grand Prix series, the laste bing the 2010 Speedway Grand Prix. Protasiewicz won his third and fourth Speedway World Cup gold medals at the 2009 Speedway World Cup, 2011 Speedway World Cup.

He spent several seasons with Polonia Bydgoszcz before returning to his first club Zielona Góra. In 2022, he started his 16th consecutive season with the club.

Awards

For his sport achievements, he received the Silver Cross of Merit in 2000.

Personal life

He married his girlfriend Katarzyna on 25 October 2002. They have two children. His father, Paweł was speedway rider too.

Speedway Grand Prix results

1996 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 16)
Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
6 /6	SGP	14th	3	(2,2,E,F,0) +2D	14

1997 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 15)
Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /6	Czech Rep. SGP	16th	1	(3,0,1,0,0) +0D	1
2 /6	Swedish SGP	18th	-	-	18
3 /6	SGP	8th	11	(3,3,1,0,0) +0B	13
4 /6	British SGP	17th	0	(0)	17
5 /6	Polish SGP	4th	18	(2,3,3,1,2) +0A	5
6 /6	SGP	14th	3	(0,2,1,0,0) +2D	10

1998 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 13)
Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /6	Czech Rep. SGP	21st	2	(0,1)	13
2 /6	SGP	23rd	1	(1,0)	18
3 /6	SGP	15th	5	(0,3,2) (0,0)	20
4 /6	British SGP	21st	2	(0,1)	13
5 /6	Swedish SGP	19th	3	(3,1,0)	19
6 /6	Polish SGP	20th	3	(2,0,0)	18

1999 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 24)
Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /6	Czech Rep. SGP	24th	1	(0,0)	24
5 /6	Polish II SGP	24th	1	(0,0)	24

2000 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 23)
Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
3 /6	Polish SGP	22nd	2	(X,1)	23
6 /6	European SGP	24th	1	(0,0)	23

2001 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 16)
Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /6	SGP	17th	4	(2,0,1)	16
2 /6	British SGP	14th	6	(1,2,2) (1,1)	15
3 /6	SGP	23rd	1	(0,0)	14
4 /6	Czech Rep. SGP	16th	5	(0,2,2) (0,0)	19
5 /6	Polish SGP	21st	2	(1,1)	14
6 /6	Swedish SGP	21st	2	(0,1)	18

2002 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 23) (26)
Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
2 /10	Polish SGP	12th	7	(2,2) (1,3,0)	23
5 /10	Swedish SGP	18th	4	(1,3,1)	17
8 /10	European SGP	24th	1	(1,0)	18
9 /10	SGP	14th	6	(0) (0,1)	6

2003 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 19)
Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /9	European SGP	6th	13	(2,3) (3,2) +1	19
2 /9	Swedish SGP	13th	6	(1) (1,1)	6
3 /9	British SGP	10th	8	(1,2,2) (2,1,1)	13
4 /9	SGP	13th	6	(3,3) (1,1)	10
5 /9	Slovenian SGP	21st	2	(1,1)	13
6 /9	Scandinavian SGP	19th	3	(1,2,0)	16
7 /9	Czech Rep. SGP	18th	4	(1,2,1)	18
8 /9	Polish SGP	4th	16	(2,0,3) (2,2) +2 +0	18
9 /9	Norwegian SGP	16th	5	(3) (1,0)	4

2004 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 12)
Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /9	Swedish SGP	21st	2	(1,1)	12
2 /9	Czech Rep. SGP	23rd	1	(0,0)	20
3 /9	European SGP	4th	16	(2,1,2) (2,1,3) +3 +0	21
4 /9	British SGP	12th	7	(0) (0,2,0)	4
5 /9	SGP	15th	5	(1,2,2) (0,0)	11
6 /9	Scandinavian SGP	15th	5	(2,2) (0,0)	14
7 /9	Slovenian SGP	16th	5	(2,2) (0,0)	14
8 /9	Polish SGP	11th	7	(1,3,2) (0,3,0)	15
9 /9	Norwegian SGP	11th	7	(3,1,2) (1,2,0)	11

2005 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 16)
Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
8 /9	Polish SGP	6th	11	(2,2,2,2,3) +0	7

2006 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 14)
Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /10	Slovenian SGP	16th	1	(1,0,0,0,0)	4
2 /10	European SGP	15th	3	(0,1,1,1,E)	14
3 /10	Swedish SGP	15th	3	(0,0,0,2,1)	3
4 /10	British SGP	16th	3	(2,0,0,1,E)	16
5 /10	SGP	16th	1	(0,1,0,0,0)	7
6 /10	Italian SGP	15th	3	(0,2,0,1,0)	15
7 /10	Scandinavian SGP	13th	4	(1,2,0,1,0)	12
8 /10	Czech Rep. SGP	12th	5	(1,0,1,3,0)	9
9 /10	Latvian SGP	14th	4	(1,0,1,1,1)	2
10 /10	Polish SGP	13th	4	(1,0,2,0,1)	6

	permanent speedway rider
	wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
	rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

Honours

Speedway Grand Prix

1996 - 21st place (as wild card)
1997 - 13th place
1998 - 21st place
1999 - 30th place (as wild card)
2000 - 30th place (as wild card)
2001 - 20th place
2002 - 24th place (as wild card)
2003 - 11th place
2004 - 15th place
2005 - 18th place (as wild card)
2006 - 16th place
2010 - 18th place

World Under-21 Championship

1993 - 5th place
1995 - 7th place
1996 - World Champion

Speedway World Cup

1996 World Champion
2001 - Silver medal
2002 - 4th place
2003 - 4th place
2005 - World Champion
2006 - 5th place
2009 - World Champion
2011 - World Champion
2006 - 5th place
2014 - Silver medal

Individual Speedway Polish Championship

1995 - 10th in Semi-Final
1996 - 13th in Semi-Final
1997 - 6th place
1998 - 7th place
1999 - Polish Champion
2000 - 14th place
2001 - 13th place
2002 - 5th place
2003 - 11th place
2004 - 10th place
2005 - 4th place
2006 - 7th place

Other events

Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship (U-21)

1995 - Silver medal

Polish Pairs Speedway Championship

1993 - Silver medal
1995 - Silver medal
1997 - Polish Champion
1998 - Silver medal
1999 - Polish Champion
2000 - Polish Champion
2001 - Silver medal
2002 - Polish Champion
2003 - Bronze medal
2004 - Polish Champion
2005 - Silver medal
2006 - Silver medal

Polish Pairs Speedway Junior Championship (U-21)

1993 - Bronze medal

Team Speedway Polish Championship

1995 - Polish Champion
1997 - Polish Champion
1998 - Polish Champion
1999 - 4th place
2000 - Polish Champion
2001 - Bronze medal
2002 - Polish Champion
2003 - Silver medal
2004 - 4th place
2005 - Silver medal
2006 - Bronze medal

References

"Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ "Piotr Protasiewicz". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
"1996". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
"Speedway Week". Birmingham Daily Post. 5 August 1996. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 527. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
"HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 1995-2013 Speedway Grand Prix - Qualifications". Speedway History. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
"2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

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