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Piotr Pawlicki Sr.

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Piotr Pawlicki Sr.
Born29 July 1963 (1963-07-29) (age 61)
Zaborów, Poland
NationalityPolish
Career history
Poland
1982–1983, 1986–1992Unia Leszno
Individual honours
1983Polish Junior Champion
Team honours
1987, 1988, 1989Polish League Champion

Piotr Pawlicki Sr. (born 29 July 1963) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1]

Career

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Pawlicki Sr. came to prominence in 1983, when he won the Polish Junior Individual Speedway Championship.[2][3]

He won a bronze medal in the prestigious Golden Helmet during the 1991 Polish speedway season.[4][5]

He spent his entire career riding for his nearby home club of Unia Leszno,[1] where he won three Polish league championships.[6] He retired after suffering serious lumbar vertebrae and spinal cord injuries during the 1992 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship.[7]

Family

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Both of his sons Piotr Pawlicki Jr. and Przemysław Pawlicki were professional speedway riders.[2][8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pawlicki, Piotr". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Speedway - Piotr Pawlicki Jr. did the same as his dad 28 years ago". Krotoszyn Nasze Miasto. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1991". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  5. ^ "HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1961-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Polish Team Championship (PGE Ekstraliga)". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  7. ^ "They didn't give him a chance, he had to learn to walk. "A miracle" and a great comeback". Interia Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  8. ^ "2011 rider index". British Speedway. Retrieved 24 February 2023.