Mateusz Cierniak
| Born | 3 October 2002 (age 22) Tarnów, Poland |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Polish |
| Career history | |
| Poland | |
| 2021–2024 | Lublin |
| Sweden | |
| 2023–2024 | Lejonen |
| Denmark | |
| 2024 | Fjelsted |
| Speedway Grand Prix statistics | |
| Starts | 1 |
| Finalist | 0 times |
| Winner | 0 times |
| Individual honours | |
| 2022, 2023 | World Under-21 champion |
| Team honours | |
| 2022, 2023 | Team world U21 champion |
| 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 | Team European U23 champion |
| 2022, 2023, 2024 | Polish champions |
| 2024 | Swedish champions |
Mateusz Cierniak (born on 3 October 2002) is an international speedway rider from Poland.[1][2]
Speedway career
[edit]In 2021, Cierniak finished second in the Krosno round of the World Under 21 Championship. He was denied the chance to compete for the title itself after only being allowed to compete in one of the three rounds because he was not listed as one of the original qualified riders.[3]
Cierniak won the gold medal at the World Under-21 Championship in the 2022 SGP2[4] and the World U-21 Team Championship. Also in 2022, he helped Lublin win the 2022 Ekstraliga.[5]
In 2023, he won his second Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship, winning the 2023 Speedway of Nations 2[6] and his fourth Team Speedway Junior European Championship.[7]
He won a gold medal at the 2024 European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship for the fifth time.[8] Also in 2024, he helped Lejonen win the Elitserien during the 2024 Swedish speedway season[9] and helped Lublin win the Ekstraliga during the 2024 Polish speedway season.[10]
Major results
[edit]World individual Championship
[edit]- 2024 Speedway Grand Prix - =25th
References
[edit]- ^ "MATEUSZ CIERNIAK". Speedway u21. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "MATEUSZ CIERNIAK rider info". Speedway GP. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "MIŚKOWIAK WINS IN KROSNO. THE POLE IS THE NEW LEADER OF THE SERIES". Speedway U21. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Żużel. Mateusz Cierniak indywidualnym mistrzem świata juniorów". sport.tvp.pl. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "2022 results". PGE Ekstraliga. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "POLES PICK UP RECORD 16TH WORLD UNDER-21 TEAM TITLE AT DeWALT FIM SON2 IN RIGA". FIM. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship - Final". FIM. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Medals for the young from Stal and Falubaz. Champions title for the Poles". Gazeta Lubuska. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "The Lions Swedish champions after 15 years of waiting: "So many failures"". SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "ORLEN Oil Motor Lublin - Betard Sparta Wrocław 52:38. Deklasacja w finale, Sparta wicemistrzem Polski". Gazeta Wrocławska. Retrieved 12 October 2024.