| Tomasz Gollob | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Poland | |
| Date of birth | 11 April 1971 | |
| Place of birth | Bydgoszcz, Poland | |
| Website | www.gollobracing.com | |
| Current club information | ||
| Polish league | Stal Gorzów Wlkp. | |
| Swedish league | Hammarby Speedway | |
| Career history | ||
| Polonia Bydgoszcz (POL) Wybrzeże Gdańsk (POL) Ipswich Witches (GBR) Västervik (SWE) Unia Tarnów (POL) Stal Gorzów Wlkp. (POL) |
1988, 1990-2003 1989 1998-2000 2001-2010 2004-2007 2008- |
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| Speedway Grand Prix statistics | ||
| 2009 Number | 2 | |
| Starts | 112[1] | |
| Podiums | 42 (20-6-16) | |
| Finalist | 51 time | |
| Winner | 20 times | |
| Individual honours | ||
| World Champion Polish Champion Polish Under 21 Champion Polish Golden Helmet Winner Polish Silver Helmet Winner Polish Grand Prix Champion Swedish Grand Prix Champion Czech Grand Prix Champion German Grand Prix Champion |
2010 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009 1990, 1991, 1992 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002 1990, 2002 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 1997 1999 2001 |
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| Team honours | ||
| World Team Cup Winner World Cup Winner European Cup Champions' Winner Polish Team Champion Polish Pairs Champion Elite League Champion Elite League KO Cup Winner Craven Shield Winner Swedish Elitserien Champion |
1996 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 2001 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 1998 1998 1998 2005, 2006 |
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Tomasz Gollob ([ˈtɔmaʂ ˈɡɔlːɔp] ( listen); born 11 April 1971 in Bydgoszcz, Poland)[2] 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.
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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. Tomasz Gollob is the Speedway World Champion of 2010 after securing the championship in Terenzano, Italy. He is the second Polish man to win a championship in 37 years.
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 Zielona Góra. Gollob escaped with cuts and bruises after pulling his father from the wreckage.[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)
| Year | Position | Points | Best Finish | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3rd | 97 | Winner | Won in Poland |
| 1999 | 2nd | 98 | Winner (twice) | Won in Czech Rep and Poland, but made no other finals |
| 2000 | 7th | 64 | 5th (twice) | |
| 2001 | 3rd | 89 | Winner | Winner of the German GP held in Berlin |
| 2002 | 7th | 117 | Winner | 1st of 4 consecutive Polish GP wins |
| 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 (three times) | Third in Slovenia, Sweden and Poland |
| 2007 | 4th | 108 | Winner | First Poland |
| 2008 | 3rd | 148 | Winner (three times) | First in Slovenia, Denmark and Germany |
| 2009 | 2nd | 144 | Winner (two times) | First in Sweden and Italy |
| 2010 | 1st | 166 | Winner (four times) | First in Czech Republic, Poland, Nordic and Italy |
| 2011 | 5th | 106 | Winner (one time) | First in Denmark |
Tomasz Gollob has two brothers and one sister [5]
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Robert Korzeniowski |
Polish Sportspersonality of the year 1999 |
Succeeded by Robert Korzeniowski |
| 2011 Speedway Grand Prix riders | |||||||||
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| 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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