Janusz Kołodziej (speedway rider)

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Janusz Kołodziej
Janusz Kołodziej
Personal Information
Nationality	Poland
Date of birth	May 27, 1984 (1984-05-27) (age 24)
Place of birth	Tarnów, Poland
Current Club Information
British League	Reading Racers
Polish League	Unia Tarnów
Swedish League	Rospiggarna
Career History
Unia Tarnów (POL) Rospiggarna (SWE) Reading Racers		2000- 2007- 2006-
Individual Honours
Polish Individual Champion Polish Under-21 Champion Golden Helmet Winner Silver Helmet Winner Bronze Helmet Winner	2005 2004 2005 2005 2003
Team Honours
European Pairs Champion European Club Champions' Cup Polish Pairs Speedway Champion Polish Under-21 Pairs Champion Ekstraliga Champion	2005 2006 2007 2004 2004, 2005

Janusz Kołodziej (born May 27, 1984 in Tarnów, Poland) is a Polish speedway rider who has ridden for the Polish national team.

[edit] Speedway Grand Prix results

2005 Speedway Grand Prix

Final Championship standings:			-	Riding No (17)
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /9	European SGP	17th	-	-	17

2006 Speedway Grand Prix - 29th place

Final Championship standings:		29th	0	Riding No (17)
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
2 /10	European SGP	17th	0	(0)	17
10 /10	Polish SGP	17st	-	-	17

[edit] Career

[edit] Speedway Grand Prix

• 2006 - 29th place (0 point as track reserve)

[edit] Speedway World Cup

• 2004 - 4th place (10 points)
• 2006 - 5th place (2 points in Race-Off)

[edit] Under-21 World Cup

• 2005 - World Champion (14 points)

[edit] European Pairs Championship

• 2005 - European Champion (4 points)

[edit] European Championship

• 2004 - finalist

[edit] European Under-19 Championship

• 2003 - Silver medal

[edit] European Club Champions' Cup

• 2006 - European Champion (14 points)

[edit] Polish Individual Championship

• 2002 - injury in Semi-Final A (5th place in Quarter-Final B - qualification to Semi-Final
• 2003 - 12 place in Semi-Final B
• 2005 - Polish Champion (15 points)
• 2006 - injury (8th place in Semi-Final B - qualification to Final

[edit] Polish Under-21 Championship

• 2001 - 16th place (0 point)
• 2002 - Bronze medal (11+2 points)
• 2003 - 5th place (11 points)
• 2004 - Polish Champion (13 points)
• 2005 - Silver medal (13 points)

[edit] Polish Pairs Speedway Championship

• 2001 - 6rd place in Semi-Final (2 points)
• 2002 - 3rd place in Semi-Final C (0 heat as reserve)
• 2003 - 3rd place in Semi-Final C (7 points)
• 2004 - Silver medal (1 points)
• 2005 - 3rd place in Semi-Final C (13 points)
• 2007 - Polish Champion (0 point)

[edit] Polish Under-21 Pairs Championship

• 2001 - 6th place in Semi-Final A (9 points)
• 2002 - 6th place (12 points)
• 2003 - 6th place (15 points)
• 2004 - Polish Champion (17 points)
• 2005 - Silver medal (14 points)

[edit] Polish Team Championship

• 2000 - 2nd place in Second League with Unia Tarnów
• 2001 - 1st place in Second League with Unia Tarnów
• 2002 - 5th place in First League with Unia Tarnów
• 2003 - 2nd place in First League with Unia Tarnów
• 2004 - Polish Champion with Unia Tarnów
• 2005 - Polish Champion with Unia Tarnów
• 2006 - 4th place with Unia Tarnów
• 2007 - with Unia Tarnów (last round October 7th)

[edit] Polish Under-21 Team Championship

• 2000 - 3rd place in Qualification Group C
• 2001 - 2nd place in Qualification Group D
• 2002 - 2nd place in Qualification Group C
• 2003 - 2nd place in Qualification Group B
• 2004 - Bronze medal (started in Qualification Group B)
• 2005 - Silver medal (10 points)

[edit] Golden Helmet

• 2005 - Winner (14 points)
• 2006 - injury (qualification to Final)
• 2007 - 17th place (0 point as track reserve)

[edit] Silver Helmet (U-21)

• 2001 - 7th place (9 points)
• 2003 - Silver medal (13 points)
• 2004 - injury (2nd place in Semi-Final B - qualification to Final
• 2005 - Winner (13 points)

[edit] Bronze Helmet (U-19)

• 2001 - 6th place (9 points)
• 2003 - Winner (15 points)

[edit] See also

• Polish national speedway team
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

[edit] External links

• (pl) Official Site

v • d • e 2008 Polish national speedway team Senior Team: Baliński I • Buczkowski • Chrzanowski • Dobrucki • T.Gollob • Hampel • Holta • Jaguś • Jeleniewski • K.Kasprzak • Kołodziej • Miedziński • Protasiewicz • Walasek • Ząbik Junior Team (U-21): A.Gomólski • Janowski • Jędrzejewski • Kajoch • Kajzer • Lampart • Łopaczewski • Mitko • Miturski • Mroczka • Piaszczyński • Pytel • Ma.Szczepaniak • Szewczykowski • Zengota

v • d • e Reading Racers Squad 2007 (British Elite League) Matej Žagar • Janusz Kołodziej • Travis McGowan (c) • Mark Lemon • Zdeněk Simota • Krzysztof Buczkowski • Jonas Davidsson Also Rode : Greg Hancock • Danny Bird • Andy Smith • Phil Morris Manager: Tim Sugar