Bartosz Zmarzlik facts for kids
.jpg)
Zmarzlik in 2022
|
|
| Born | 12 April 1995 Szczecin, Poland |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Polish |
| Website | official website: https://zmarzlik.com/ |
| Career history | |
| Poland | |
| 2010–2022 | Gorzów |
| 2023–2025 | Lublin |
| Sweden | |
| 2011–2012 | Gnistorna |
| 2013–2021 | Vetlanda |
| 2022–2025 | Lejonen |
| Denmark | |
| 2012 | Holsted |
| 2019 | Slangerup |
| Great Britain | |
| 2014 | Birmingham |
| Speedway Grand Prix statistics | |
| SGP Number | 95 |
| Starts | 102 |
| Winner | 29 times |
| Individual honours | |
| 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 | World Champion |
| 2015 | World Under-21 Champion |
| 2021, 2022, 2023 | Polish Champion |
| 2015 | GP Challenge winner |
| Team honours | |
| 2016, 2017, 2023 | World Team champion |
| 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | European Team champion |
| 2012, 2014, 2015 | Team Speedway Junior World Championship |
| 2014, 2016, 2023 | Speedway Ekstraliga |
| 2014, 2015, 2024 | Elitserien League Champion |
|
Medal record
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bartosz Zmarzlik (born April 12, 1995) is a super talented Polish motorcycle speedway rider. He is known for being one of the best speedway riders in the world!
He has won the World Championship five times. These wins were in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024. He also helped his team win the World Team Championship three times. In 2015, he became the World Junior Champion.
Bartosz is only the third Polish rider ever to win an individual World Championship. The other two were Jerzy Szczakiel and Tomasz Gollob. He received a special award called the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2019. In 2020, he was named the Polish Sports Personality of the Year. This was a huge honor, and he was only the second speedway rider to achieve it.
Bartosz Zmarzlik's Early Life and Career
Bartosz Zmarzlik was born in Szczecin, Poland. His older brother, Paweł Zmarzlik, was also a speedway rider. Bartosz quickly showed he had a special talent for the sport.
First Big Race and Youngest Podium
In 2012, Bartosz got a special chance to race in the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland. This was his very first time in a Grand Prix race. He was only 17 years old! He did amazingly well and finished third. This made him the youngest rider ever to stand on the podium in a Speedway Grand Prix. He scored 13 points in that race.
In 2014, Bartosz briefly raced in the British league for the Birmingham Brummies.
Becoming a Permanent Grand Prix Rider
In September 2015, Bartosz won the GP Challenge. This win meant he earned a permanent spot in the 2016 Grand Prix series. It was a big step in his career!
In his first full season as a permanent rider in 2016, he finished third in the overall standings. The next year, he was fifth. In 2018, he came in second, right behind the famous World Champion Tai Woffinden.
Winning World Championships
In 2019, Bartosz joined the Slangerup team in the Danish league. In 2020, he was voted the Polish Sports Personality of the Year. On October 3, 2020, Bartosz won his second Speedway World Championship. He was the first rider to win two titles in a row since Nicki Pedersen in 2007-2008.
On July 11, 2021, he became the Polish individual champion. In 2021, he finished second in the World Championship. He scored 189 points that season.
Three-Time World Champion
Bartosz won his third World Championship title in 2022. He won the championship easily, scoring 166 points. This was 33 points more than the rider in second place. He also won three Grand Prix races that year in Croatia, Denmark, and Sweden. He also successfully defended his Polish national title.
Four-Time World Champion
The year 2023 was fantastic for Bartosz. He won his fourth World title! He also won his second European Team Speedway Championship with his team. He won three of the first five Grand Prix races that season.
In July 2023, he was part of the Polish team that won the gold medal in the 2023 Speedway World Cup final. He then won another Grand Prix in Latvia. This win meant he had 22 career Grand Prix wins, matching the record of fellow Polish rider Tomasz Gollob.
Even though he was disqualified from one race in Denmark, he still won the final race in Toruń. This secured his fourth World title. He also matched Jason Crump's record of 23 Grand Prix wins.
Five-Time World Champion
In 2024, Bartosz continued to make history. By winning the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, he broke Jason Crump's all-time record of 23 Grand Prix wins. He is truly a legend in speedway!
Major Achievements
World Individual Championship Results
Here are Bartosz Zmarzlik's results in the Speedway Grand Prix, which is the World Individual Championship:
- 2012 Speedway Grand Prix - 20th place (13 points)
- 2013 Speedway Grand Prix - 24th place (6 points)
- 2014 Speedway Grand Prix - 18th place (17 points)
- 2015 Speedway Grand Prix - 18th place (17 points)
- 2016 Speedway Grand Prix - 3rd place (128 points)
- 2017 Speedway Grand Prix - 5th place (121 points)
- 2018 Speedway Grand Prix - 2nd place (129 points)
- 2019 Speedway Grand Prix - World Champion (132 points)
- 2020 Speedway Grand Prix - World Champion (133 points)
- 2021 Speedway Grand Prix - 2nd place (189 points)
- 2022 Speedway Grand Prix - World Champion (166 points)
- 2023 Speedway Grand Prix - World Champion (158 points)
- 2024 Speedway Grand Prix - World Champion (179 points)
Grand Prix Race Wins
Bartosz Zmarzlik has won many individual Grand Prix races. Here are some of his wins:
- 1: 2014 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Gorzów)
- 2: 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
- 3: 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
- 4: 2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia
- 5: 2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II (Wrocław)
- 6: 2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
- 7: 2020 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Gorzów)
- 8: 2020 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
- 9: 2020 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
- 10: 2020 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Toruń)
- 11: 2021 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Wrocław)
- 12: 2021 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Wrocław)
- 13: 2021 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Lublin)
- 14: 2021 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
- 15: 2021 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Toruń)
- 16: 2022 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia
- 17: 2022 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
- 18: 2022 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
- 19: 2023 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia
- 20: 2023 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
- 21: 2023 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Gorzów)
- 22: 2023 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
- 23: 2023 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Toruń)
- 24: 2024 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
- 25: 2024 Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
- 26: 2024 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Toruń)
- 27: 2025 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
- 28: 2025 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
- 29: 2025 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
World Team Championships
Bartosz has also achieved great success with his national team:
- 2015 Speedway World Cup - 3rd place
- 2016 Speedway World Cup - Winner
- 2017 Speedway World Cup - Winner
- 2019 Speedway of Nations - 2nd place
- 2020 Speedway of Nations - 2nd place
- 2021 Speedway of Nations - 2nd place
- 2022 Speedway of Nations - 6th place
- 2023 Speedway World Cup - Winner
- 2024 Speedway of Nations - 5th place
Images for kids
-
Zmarzlik in 2015
-
Zmarzlik in 2016
.jpg)
See also
- Poland national speedway team
- List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
