Bartosz Zmarzlik facts for kids
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Zmarzlik in 2022
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| Born | 12 April 1995 Szczecin, Poland |
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| Nationality | Polish |
| Website | official website: https://zmarzlik.com/ |
| Career history | |
| Poland | |
| 2010–2022 | Gorzów |
| 2023–2024 | Lublin |
| Sweden | |
| 2011–2012 | Gnistorna |
| 2013–2021 | Vetlanda |
| 2022–2024 | Lejonen |
| Denmark | |
| 2012 | Holsted |
| 2019 | Slangerup |
| Great Britain | |
| 2014 | Birmingham |
| Speedway Grand Prix statistics | |
| SGP Number | 95 |
| Starts | 97 |
| Finalist | 62 time |
| Winner | 26 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 | European Team champion |
| 2012, 2014, 2015 | Team Speedway Junior World Championship |
| 2014, 2016, 2023 | Speedway Ekstraliga |
| 2014, 2015, 2024 | Elitserien League Champion |
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Medal record
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Bartosz Zmarzlik is a famous Polish motorcycle speedway rider. He was born on April 12, 1995. He is known for being a five-time World Champion. He won these titles in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Bartosz has also won the World Team Championship three times (2016, 2017, 2023). He was the World Junior Champion in 2015. He is only the third Polish rider ever to win an individual World Championship.
In 2019, he received a special award called the Order of Polonia Restituta. In 2020, he was named the Polish Sports Personality of the Year. This was a big achievement, as he was only the second speedway rider to win this award.
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Life and Career
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Bartosz Zmarzlik grew up in Szczecin, Poland. His older brother, Paweł Zmarzlik, was also a speedway rider. Bartosz first got attention in 2012 when he raced in the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland. He was given a "wild card" entry, which means he was invited to race even though he wasn't a regular competitor.
He did incredibly well in that race. At just 17 years and 72 days old, he became the youngest rider to ever finish in the top three (on the podium) in a Speedway Grand Prix. He ended up in third place, scoring 13 points. In 2014, he briefly raced for the Birmingham Brummies team in Great Britain.
In September 2015, Bartosz won the GP Challenge. This win meant he earned a permanent spot in the 2016 Speedway Grand Prix series. This was his first time racing as a full-time Grand Prix rider. He finished third overall in 2016. The next year, he was fifth, and in 2018, he finished second, right behind the multiple World Champion Tai Woffinden.
In 2019, Bartosz joined the Slangerup team in the Danish league. In 2020, he won his second Speedway World Championship. He was the first rider since 2008 to win two titles in a row! In July 2021, he also became the Polish individual champion. He finished second in the World Championship that year.
Bartosz won his third World Championship title in 2022. He won easily, scoring 166 points, which was 33 points more than the second-place rider. He also won three Grand Prix races that year in Croatia, Denmark, and Sweden. He also became the first rider since 2002 to win the Polish national title two years in a row.
In 2023, Bartosz had an amazing season and won his fourth World title. He helped the Polish team win the European Team Speedway Championship for the second time in a row. He won three of the first five Grand Prix races that season. In July, he was part of the Polish team that won the gold medal in the 2023 Speedway World Cup final.
Later in 2023, he won another Grand Prix in Latvia. This win tied him with fellow Polish rider Tomasz Gollob for 22 career Grand Prix wins. Even though he was disqualified from the Danish Grand Prix for wearing the wrong racing suit, he still won the final race in Toruń. This win secured his fourth world title and tied him with Jason Crump for 23 Grand Prix wins. He also matched Crump's record of five Grand Prix wins in one season.
In 2024, Bartosz won the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden. This victory broke Jason Crump's record of 23 Grand Prix wins, making Bartosz the rider with the most Grand Prix wins ever!
Major Results
World Individual Championship
- 2012 Speedway Grand Prix - 20th (13 pts)
- 2013 Speedway Grand Prix - 24th (6 pts)
- 2014 Speedway Grand Prix - 18th (17 pts)
- 2015 Speedway Grand Prix - 18th (17 pts)
- 2016 Speedway Grand Prix - 3rd (128 pts)
- 2017 Speedway Grand Prix - 5th (121 pts)
- 2018 Speedway Grand Prix - 2nd (129 pts)
- 2019 Speedway Grand Prix - Champion (132 pts)
- 2020 Speedway Grand Prix - Champion (133 pts)
- 2021 Speedway Grand Prix - 2nd (189 pts)
- 2022 Speedway Grand Prix - Champion (166 pts)
- 2023 Speedway Grand Prix - Champion (158 pts)
- 2024 Speedway Grand Prix - Champion (179 pts)
Grand Prix 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)
World Team Championships
- 2015 Speedway World Cup - 3rd
- 2016 Speedway World Cup - Winner
- 2017 Speedway World Cup - Winner
- 2019 Speedway of Nations - 2nd
- 2020 Speedway of Nations - 2nd
- 2021 Speedway of Nations - 2nd
- 2022 Speedway of Nations - 6th
- 2023 Speedway World Cup - Winner
- 2024 Speedway of Nations - 5th
See also
- Poland national speedway team
- List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
