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| birth_place = Bydgoszcz, Poland| website = www.gollobracing.com| career1 = Poland| career2 = Polonia Bydgoszcz| years2 = 1988, 1990-2003| career3 = Wybrzeże Gdańsk| years3 = 1989Unia Tarnów (speedway)>Unia Tarnów| years4 = 2004-2007Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski>Stal Gorzów| years5 = 2008-2012| career6 = KS Toruń| years6 = 2013-2014| career7 = GKM Grudziądz| years7 = 2015-2016| career8 = Great Britain| career9 = Ipswich Witches| years9 = 1998-2000| career10 = Sweden| career11 = Valsarna| years11 = 1997Västervik Speedway>Västervik| years12 = 2001-2010Hammarby Speedway>Hammarby| years13 = 2011-2013| career14 = Denmark| years15 = 2009Esbjerg Speedway Klub>Esbjerg| SGP No = | SGP starts = 163| SGP podium = 53 (22-10-21)| SGP finals = 66| SGP win = 22World Speedway Championship>World Champion| indivyear1 = 2010Individual Speedway Polish Championship>Polish Champion| indivyear2 = 1992, 1993, 1994, 19952001, 2002, 2006, 2009Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship>Polish Under 21 Champion| indivyear3 = 1990, 1991, 1992Golden Helmet (Poland)>Polish Golden Helmet Winner| indivyear4 = 1994, 1995, 1997, 20002002Silver Helmet (Poland)>Polish Silver Helmet Winner| indivyear5 = 1990, 2002Speedway Grand Prix of Poland>Polish Grand Prix Champion| indivyear6 = 1995, 1998, 1999, 20022003, 2004, 2005, 20072008Jack Young (speedway rider)>Jack Young Memorial Cup winner| indivyear7 = 1995Continental Speedway Final>Continental Champion| indivyear8 = 1996Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden>Swedish Grand Prix Champion| indivyear9 = 1997Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic>Czech Grand Prix Champion| indivyear10 = 1999, 2010Speedway Grand Prix of Germany>German Grand Prix Champion| indivyear11 = 2001Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia>Slovenian Grand Prix Champion| indivyear12 = 2008Speedway Grand Prix of Italy>Italian Grand Prix Champion| indivyear13 = 2009, 2010Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II>Torun Grand Prix Champion| indivyear14 = 2010Speedway Grand Prix of Nordic>Nordic Grand Prix Champion| indivyear15 = 2010Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark>Danish Grand Prix Champion| indivyear16 = 2011Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia>Scandinavian Grand Prix Champion| indivyear17 = 2012Speedway World Team Cup>World Team Cup Winner| teamyear1 = 1996Speedway World Cup>World Cup Winner| teamyear2 = 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010European Speedway Club Champions' Cup>European Cup Champions' Winner| teamyear3 = 2001Team Speedway Polish Championship>Polish Team Champion| teamyear4 = 1992, 1997, 1998, 20002002, 2004, 2005Polish Pairs Speedway Championship>Polish Pairs Champion| teamyear5 = 1990, 1991, 1993, 19941995, 1996, 1997, 19992000, 2002Elite League (speedway)>Elite League Champion| teamyear6 = 1998Elite League (speedway)>Elite League KO Cup Winner| teamyear7 = 1998Craven Shield>Craven Shield Winner| teamyear8 = 1998Elitserien (speedway)>Swedish Elitserien Champion| teamyear9 = 2005, 2006}}Tomasz Robert Gollob ({{IPA-pl|ˈtɔmaʂ ˈɡɔlːɔp||Pl-Tomasz Gollob.ogg}}; born 11 April 1971 in Bydgoszcz, Poland)Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. {{ISBN|0-9552376-1-0}} is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider.BOOK, Montague, Trevor, The A-Z of Sport, 2004, 519, Little, Brown, 0-316-72645-1, He appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series between its inaugural season in 1995 and 2013. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rider.

Career summary

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.On 28 July 1996 he won the Continental Final, which formed part of the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification.WEB,weblink Individual Championship, Speedway.org, 9 January 2023, 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.WEB, Gollob survives plane crash drama, Evening Star, 2007-06-11,weblink 2007-10-24, In 2017 Gollob suffered serious injuries to head and spine in a motocross accident during a MX event in Northern Poland.WEB,weblink Doctors 'very cautious' about Tomasz Gollob, former world champion in induced coma after crash, 24 April 2017, For his sport achievements, he received the Order of Polonia Restituta:

• (File:POL Polonia Restituta Kawalerski BAR.svg|60px|Knight's Cross) Knight's Cross (5th Class) in 2000
• (File:POL Polonia Restituta Oficerski BAR.svg|60px|Officer's Cross) Officer's Cross (4th Class) in 2007
• (File:POL Polonia Restituta Komandorski BAR.svg|60px) Commander's Cross (2010)

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1993 - {{Flagicon|GER}} Pocking, Rottalstadion - 7th - 8pts
• 1994 - {{Flagicon|DEN}} Vojens, Speedway Center - 16th - 0ptsBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}

World Pairs Championship

• 1993 - {{Flagicon|DEN}} Vojens, Speedway Center (with Piotr Åšwist / Piotr Baron) - 5th - 15pts (15)

World Team Cup

• 1994 - {{Flagicon|GER}} Brokstedt, Holsteinring Brokstedt - 2nd - 20pts (16)
• 1995 - {{Flagicon|POL}} Bydgoszcz, Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium - 6th - 13pts (12)
• 1996 - {{Flagicon|GER}} Diedenbergen, Hofheim-Diedenbergen - Winner - 27pts (15)
• 1997 - {{Flagicon|POL}} PiÅ‚a, Stadion Å»użlowy Centrum - 2nd - 25pts (13)
• 1998 - {{Flagicon|DEN}} Vojens, Speedway Center - 4th - 17pts (15)

World Cup

• 2001 - {{Flagicon|POL}} WrocÅ‚aw, Olympic Stadium - 2nd - 65pts (27)
• 2002 - {{Flagicon|GBR}} Peterborough, East of England Showground - 4th - 48pts (17)
• 2003 - {{Flagicon|DEN}} Vojens, Speedway Center - 4th - 49pts (20)
• 2004 - {{Flagicon|GBR}} Poole, Poole Stadium - 4th - 22pts (1)
• 2005 - {{Flagicon|POL}} WrocÅ‚aw, Olympic Stadium - Winner - 62pts
• 2007 - {{Flagicon|POL}} Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium - Winner - 55pts
• 2008 - {{Flagicon|DEN}} Vojens, Speedway Center - 2nd - 46pts
• 2009 - {{Flagicon|POL}} Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium - Winner - 44pts
• 2010 - {{Flagicon|DEN}} Vojens, Speedway Center - Winner - 46pts

Individual Under-21 World Championship

• 1992 - {{flagicon|GER}} Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Speedway Stadion Pfaffenhofen - 5th - 10pts

Speedway Grand Prix results{| class"wikitable" style"font-size: 95%;"

! Year! Position! Points! Best Finish! Notes1998 Speedway Grand Prix>1998 3rd 97| Winner| Won Polish Grand Prix1999 Speedway Grand Prix>1999 2nd 98| Winner| Won in Czech Republic and Polish Grand Prix2000 Speedway Grand Prix>2000 7th 64| 5th|2001 Speedway Grand Prix>2001 3rd 89| Winner| Won the German Grand Prix2002 Speedway Grand Prix>2002 7th 117| Winner| Won Polish Grand Prix2003 Speedway Grand Prix>2003 6th 111| Winner| Won Polish Grand Prix2004 Speedway Grand Prix>2004 6th 113| Winner| Won Polish Grand Prix2005 Speedway Grand Prix>2005 7th 83| Winner| Won Polish Grand Prix2006 Speedway Grand Prix>2006 8th 94| 3rd| Third in Slovenian, Swedish and Polish Grand Prix2007 Speedway Grand Prix>2007 4th 108| Winner| Won Polish Grand Prix2008 Speedway Grand Prix>2008 3rd 148| Winner| Won Slovenian, Danish and German Grand Prix2009 Speedway Grand Prix>2009 2nd 144| Winner| Won Scandinavian and Italian Grand Prix2010 Speedway Grand Prix>2010 1st 166| Winner| Won Czech Republic, Polish, Nordic and Italian Grand Prix2011 Speedway Grand Prix>2011 5th 106| Winner| Won Danish Grand Prix2012 Speedway Grand Prix>2012 4th 142| Winner| Won Scandinavian Grand Prix2013 Speedway Grand Prix>2013 9th 89| 2nd| Second in New Zealand Grand Prix

Family

Tomasz Gollob has two brothers and one sisterWEB,weblink GollobRacing.com - Oficjalny serwis Tomasza Golloba,

See also

• Poland national speedway team
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
• Speedway in Poland

References

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External links

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