Tomasz Gollob

Tomasz Robert 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.

Tomasz Gollob
Born (1971-04-11) 11 April 1971
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Nationality Poland
Websitewww.gollobracing.com
Career history
1988, 1990-2003Polonia Bydgoszcz (POL)
1989Wybrzeże Gdańsk (POL)
1998-2000Ipswich Witches (GBR)
2001-2010Västervik (SWE)
2004-2007Unia Tarnów (POL)
2008-2012Stal Gorzów Wlkp. (POL)
2013-2014KS Toruń (POL)
2015-2017GKM Grudziadz (POL)
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
Starts163
Podiums53 (22-10-21)
Finalist66 time
Winner22 times
Individual honours
2010World Champion
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
2001, 2002, 2006, 2009		Polish Champion
1990, 1991, 1992Polish Under 21 Champion
1994, 1995, 1997, 2000
2002		Polish Golden Helmet Winner
1990, 2002Polish Silver Helmet Winner
1995, 1998, 1999, 2002
2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
2008		Polish Grand Prix Champion
1995Jack Young Memorial Cup winner
1996Continental Champion
1997Swedish Grand Prix Champion
1999, 2010Czech Grand Prix Champion
2001German Grand Prix Champion
2008Slovenian Grand Prix Champion
2009, 2010Italian Grand Prix Champion
2010Torun Grand Prix Champion
2010Nordic Grand Prix Champion
2011Danish Grand Prix Champion
2012Scandinavian Grand Prix Champion
Team honours
1996World Team Cup Winner
2005, 2007, 2009, 2010World Cup Winner
2001European 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
1998Elite League Champion
1998Elite League KO Cup Winner
1998Craven Shield Winner
2005, 2006Swedish Elitserien Champion

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]

In 2017 Gollob suffered serious injuries to head and spine in a motocross accident during a MX event in Northern Poland.[3]

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

World Pairs Championship

World Team Cup

World Cup

Individual Under-21 World Championship

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 [5]

See also

References
  1. Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
  2. "Gollob survives plane crash drama". Evening Star. 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  3. https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/doctors-very-cautious-about-tomasz-gollob-former-world-champion-in-induced-coma-after-crash-1.3381873
  4. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
  5. "GollobRacing.com - Oficjalny serwis Tomasza Golloba".

Media related to Tomasz Gollob at Wikimedia Commons

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
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