Piotr Pawlicki Jr.

Piotr Pawlicki (born 30 November 1994) is a Polish speedway rider.

Piotr Pawlicki
Born (1994-11-30) 30 November 1994
Leszno, Poland
NicknamePiter
NationalityPolish
Current club information
Polish leagueUnia Leszno
Swedish leaguePiraterna Motala
Career history
Poland:
2012–Unia Leszno
2011Piła
UK:
2011Coventry Bees
2012Poole Pirates
2014Wolverhampton Wolves
Sweden:
2011–Piraterna Motala
Germany:
2011AC Landshut
2012-2013Stralsund
Denmark:
2011-2012Holsted
Czech Republik:
2012-2013Mseno
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
SGP Number777
Starts16 (total)
Finalist2 (total) time
Winner1 times
Individual honours
2011Polish Under-21 Champion
2014Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
Team honours
2014, 2015Team Speedway Junior World Championship

Born in Leszno, he is the son of former rider Piotr Pawlicki Sr. and the younger brother of Przemysław Pawlicki.[1] He won the Polish Under-21 Championship in 2011 and also competed in the World Under-21 Championship.[1] He rode for his hometown team Unia Leszno in the Speedway Ekstraliga and also for Piła in the Polish second division. In August 2011 he was signed by Coventry Bees and rode for them in the Elite League.[1] He was a reserve at the 2011 Polish Grand Prix at Torun.[1] His 2011 season was ended by a broken wrist sustained while racing in Poland in October.[1]

In 2012 he rode for Poole Pirates as a temporary replacement for the injured Dennis Andersson, coming in on an assessed average of 4.00.[2] Poole wanted him to return in 2013 but decided against signing him after he was given a higher assessed average of 7.00 by the BSPA's independent arbitrator.[3][4] On 4 October 2014, he was crowned as the 2014 U21-Worldchampion in Pardubice, leading the Junior Worldchampionship after three Events in Lonigo, Ostrow and Pardubice. For 2015 he has been nominated as one of the three Speedway-GP Reserves for the SGP 2015.

Speedway Grand Prix Career

In 2016 and 2017, he competed in the Speedway Grand Prix wearing the number 777. In 2016 Pawlicki was on the main roster and raced in 11 Grand Prix's, 18 heat wins, and made one Grand Prix final.

Speedway World Cup Career

Piotr has competed in both 2016 and 2017 World Cup's. In the 2016 semi final Pawlicki was the top scorer for team Poland. For the final in Great Britain the current captain Maciej Janowski was dropped and young Piotr, at only 21, was the new captain. He raced Poland to victory beating Great Britain for the title. In 2017 he was back on the Polish team alongside fellow grand prix riders: Captain Maciej Janowski, Bartosz Zmarzlik, and Patryk Dudek. Where they won and were back to back champions beating team Sweden in Lezno, Poland.

References
  1. "Rider Index", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 24 December 2012
  2. "Poole Bring in Piotr Pawlicki", speedway365.com, 30 August 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012
  3. Bailey, Graeme (2012) "Poole Pirates have vented their anger as Piotr Pawlicki was handed a seven point average under new rules", Sky Sports, 28 November 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012
  4. Wadley, Ian (2012) "Pirates: Pawlicki won't be back due to rule change", Bournemouth Echo, 27 November 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012
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