Piotr Protasiewicz

Protasiewicz in 2007
Born	(1975-01-25) 25 January 1975 Zielona Góra, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Career history
Poland
1991–1994, 2007–2022	Zielona Góra
1995–1996	WTS Wrocław
1997–2002, 2005–2006	Bydgoszcz
2003–2004	KS Toruń
Great Britain
1998	King's Lynn
2002–2003	Peterborough
2005–2006	Ipswich
2007	Oxford
Sweden
2000–2019	Indianerna
Denmark
2008	Outrup
2009–2011, 2016–2017	Esbjerg
2021	Region Varde
Individual honours
1997, 2003	GP Challenge winner
1999	Polish champion
Team honours
1996, 2005, 2009, 2011	World Cup winner

Piotr Protasiewicz ['piɔtr prɔtaˈsiɛvit͡sz] ^ⓘ (born 25 January 1975 in Zielona Góra, Poland) is a Polish international speedway rider. He is a four times World team champion.

Career

Piotr Protasiewicz (2006 as Polonia Bydgoszcz's captain)

Protasiewicz began his career riding for Falubaz Zielona Góra in 1991 where he would spend four seasons.^[1] He began to record some notable performances including reaching the finals of three Speedway Under-21 World Championship in 1993, 1995 and 1996. In the 1996 final he scored a perfect 15 point maximum to be crowned the World U21 champion.^[2]

He rode for the Polish national team in the 1996 Speedway World Cup^[3] and in October 1997, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qualification he won the GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the 1998 Grand Prix. He would repeat this feat three years later in October 2003.^[4]

Protasiewicz riding for Oxford

Protasiewicz made his British league debut in 1998 for the King's Lynn Stars and would spend two seasons with the Peterborough Panthers and two seasons with the Ipswich Witches before a final season with Oxford Cheetahs in 2007.^[5] He won a second World Cup gold medal for Poland in the 2005.

In total he rode in 12 Speedway Grand Prix series, the laste bing the 2010 Speedway Grand Prix. Protasiewicz won his third and fourth Speedway World Cup gold medals at the 2009 Speedway World Cup, 2011 Speedway World Cup.

He spent several seasons with Polonia Bydgoszcz before returning to his first club Zielona Góra.^[1] In 2022, he started his 16th consecutive season with the club.

Awards

For his sport achievements, he received the Silver Cross of Merit in 2000.

Personal life

He married his girlfriend Katarzyna on 25 October 2002. They have two children. His father, Paweł was speedway rider too.

Speedway Grand Prix results

1996 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 16)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
6 /6	SGP	14th	3	(2,2,E,F,0) +2D	14

1997 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 15)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /6	Czech Rep. SGP	16th	1	(3,0,1,0,0) +0D	1
2 /6	Swedish SGP	18th	-	-	18
3 /6	SGP	8th	11	(3,3,1,0,0) +0B	13
4 /6	British SGP	17th	0	(0)	17
5 /6	Polish SGP	4th	18	(2,3,3,1,2) +0A	5
6 /6	SGP	14th	3	(0,2,1,0,0) +2D	10

1998 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 13)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /6	Czech Rep. SGP	21st	2	(0,1)	13
2 /6	SGP	23rd	1	(1,0)	18
3 /6	SGP	15th	5	(0,3,2) (0,0)	20
4 /6	British SGP	21st	2	(0,1)	13
5 /6	Swedish SGP	19th	3	(3,1,0)	19
6 /6	Polish SGP	20th	3	(2,0,0)	18

1999 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 24)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /6	Czech Rep. SGP	24th	1	(0,0)	24
5 /6	Polish II SGP	24th	1	(0,0)	24

2000 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 23)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
3 /6	Polish SGP	22nd	2	(X,1)	23
6 /6	European SGP	24th	1	(0,0)	23

2001 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 16)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /6	SGP	17th	4	(2,0,1)	16
2 /6	British SGP	14th	6	(1,2,2) (1,1)	15
3 /6	SGP	23rd	1	(0,0)	14
4 /6	Czech Rep. SGP	16th	5	(0,2,2) (0,0)	19
5 /6	Polish SGP	21st	2	(1,1)	14
6 /6	Swedish SGP	21st	2	(0,1)	18

2002 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 23) (26)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
2 /10	Polish SGP	12th	7	(2,2) (1,3,0)	23
5 /10	Swedish SGP	18th	4	(1,3,1)	17
8 /10	European SGP	24th	1	(1,0)	18
9 /10	SGP	14th	6	(0) (0,1)	6

2003 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 19)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /9	European SGP	6th	13	(2,3) (3,2) +1	19
2 /9	Swedish SGP	13th	6	(1) (1,1)	6
3 /9	British SGP	10th	8	(1,2,2) (2,1,1)	13
4 /9	SGP	13th	6	(3,3) (1,1)	10
5 /9	Slovenian SGP	21st	2	(1,1)	13
6 /9	Scandinavian SGP	19th	3	(1,2,0)	16
7 /9	Czech Rep. SGP	18th	4	(1,2,1)	18
8 /9	Polish SGP	4th	16	(2,0,3) (2,2) +2 +0	18
9 /9	Norwegian SGP	16th	5	(3) (1,0)	4

2004 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 12)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /9	Swedish SGP	21st	2	(1,1)	12
2 /9	Czech Rep. SGP	23rd	1	(0,0)	20
3 /9	European SGP	4th	16	(2,1,2) (2,1,3) +3 +0	21
4 /9	British SGP	12th	7	(0) (0,2,0)	4
5 /9	SGP	15th	5	(1,2,2) (0,0)	11
6 /9	Scandinavian SGP	15th	5	(2,2) (0,0)	14
7 /9	Slovenian SGP	16th	5	(2,2) (0,0)	14
8 /9	Polish SGP	11th	7	(1,3,2) (0,3,0)	15
9 /9	Norwegian SGP	11th	7	(3,1,2) (1,2,0)	11

2005 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 16)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
8 /9	Polish SGP	6th	11	(2,2,2,2,3) +0	7

2006 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 14)

Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /10	Slovenian SGP	16th	1	(1,0,0,0,0)	4
2 /10	European SGP	15th	3	(0,1,1,1,E)	14
3 /10	Swedish SGP	15th	3	(0,0,0,2,1)	3
4 /10	British SGP	16th	3	(2,0,0,1,E)	16
5 /10	SGP	16th	1	(0,1,0,0,0)	7
6 /10	Italian SGP	15th	3	(0,2,0,1,0)	15
7 /10	Scandinavian SGP	13th	4	(1,2,0,1,0)	12
8 /10	Czech Rep. SGP	12th	5	(1,0,1,3,0)	9
9 /10	Latvian SGP	14th	4	(1,0,1,1,1)	2
10 /10	Polish SGP	13th	4	(1,0,2,0,1)	6

Honours

See also

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

References