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Adam Skórnicki

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Adam Skórnicki
Skórnicki in 2007
Born (1976-10-22) 22 October 1976 (age 48)
Wolsztyn, Poland
NicknameSqóra
NationalityPolish
Career history
Poland
1994-1999, 2004-2005Unia Leszno
2000Częstochowa
2001-2002Rawicz
2003, 2010Gniezno
2006-2008Poznań
2009Gdańsk
Great Britain
2000-2005, 2009, 2010Wolverhampton
2005Lakeside Hammers
2006Oxford Cheetahs
2007Belle Vue Aces
2008Poole Pirates
Sweden
2004Valsarna
2005-2006Bajen
2007,2008Elit Vetlanda
2007Rospiggarna
2009Vargarna
Denmark
2001Holsted
2008Esbjerg
Individual honours
1999Latvian Champion
2008Polish Champion
Team honours
2002, 2008, 2009Elite League Champion
2002Craven Shield
1996, 1997Polish Junior Pairs Champion

Adam Skórnicki (born 22 October 1976 in Wolsztyn, Poland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1][2][3]

Career

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Skornicki riding for Belle Vue
Skornicki in Poznań colours

Skórnicki started racing in Poland for Unia Leszno in the 1994 Polish Speedway First League; he would spend six seasons with the club until the end of 1999.[2] Skórnicki's first British club was Wolverhampton Wolves, whom he signed for in 2000.[4] He had six successful years there, scoring over 1000 points for the club and winning the Elite League Championship in 2002. His averaged improved from 5.79 in 2000 to 8.14 in 2005.

He was loaned out to Lakeside, Oxford and Belle Vue for the next three seasons, all of whom struggled at the bottom of the Elite League table. In 2002 Skórnicki made a guest appearance for the Poole Pirates in two legs of the Craven Shield Final.[5] While riding in Poland during the same season he sustained a broken collarbone and dislocated shoulder in a track crash.[6]

Skórnicki signed for Poole on loan in 2008 and went on to win the 2008 Elite League championship with the club.[7] In August 2008, Skórnicki became the Individual Polish Champion for the first time with a 15-point maximum score.[8]

For the 2009 season, Skórnicki returned to his parent club the Wolverhampton Wolves in the United Kingdom. He also changed clubs in Poland and Sweden, to Gdańsk (in the Ekstraliga) and Vargarna respectively.[2] For Wolves he became a regular points scorer and was intergal during the 2009 Elite League speedway season, when Wolves won the league title, giving Skórnicki his second consecutive title.[9]

In 2010, he remained with Wolves and returned to Poznań from Gdańsk. It was his 17th consecutive season in the Polish leagues.[2] He rode for various British and Polish clubs from 2012 to 2014 before retiring.

In June 2014, he was appointed as a manager of Unia Leszno[10]

In 2017, he made a brief return, riding a handful of matches for his first British club Wolves and Kolejarz Rawicz in Poland.

References

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  1. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
  2. ^ a b c d "Adam Skórnicki". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  4. ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Skornicki: I always wanted Poole ride". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Rider pins his hopes on laser". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 3 September 2002. Retrieved 9 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Poole Speedway: Skornicki joins the Pirates ship". WorldSpeedway.com. 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
  8. ^ "Polish Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  9. ^ "CATEGORY: 2009 SEASON (4)". Wolverhampton Speedway. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Adam Skórnicki dogadany w Lesznie!". 21 November 2014.
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