German speedway rider
Martin Smolinski Smolinski riding for Coventry in 2007 |
| Born | (1984-12-06) 6 December 1984 (age 39)
Munich,
West Germany |
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| Nationality | German |
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| 1999–2008 | MSC Olching |
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| 2010–2012, 2021–2023 | AC Landshut |
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| 2006–2007 | Rybnik |
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| 2008 | Grudziądz |
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| 2008, 2013 | Krosno |
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| 2009 | Toruń |
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| 2011 | Gniezno |
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| 2017 | Lublin |
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| 2019 | Zielona Góra |
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| 2007–2008, 2010, 2013 | Hammarby |
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| 2020-2021 | Masarna |
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| 2004 | Outrup |
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| 2007 | Slangerup |
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| 2013, 2017 | Grindsted |
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| 2004–2007, 2009 | Coventry |
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| 2013 | Birmingham |
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| 2018, 2023 | World Longtrack Championship |
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| 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 | German Champion |
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| 2003 | German Under-21 Champion |
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| 2011 | European Grasstrack Champion |
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| 2012, 2013, 2016 | German Longtrack Champion |
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| 2019, 2023 | World Longtrack Team silver |
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| 2007 | Elite League Champion |
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| 2007 | Elite League KO Cup Winner |
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| 2007 | Craven Shield Winner |
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Martin Smolinski (born 6 December 1984, in Munich, West Germany)[1] is an international motorcycle speedway rider from Germany.[2][3] He is twice world longtrack champion and eight times champion of Germany.
Career
Smolinksi began riding in his natiove Germany for MSC Olching. He became the German junior champion in 2003 and after reaching the final 2003 Speedway Under-21 World Championship he signed for Coventry Bees in England.[2]
Coventry retained him for the following two seasons and his form improved over the next two seasons.[2] In 2006, he signed for his first Polish club Rybnik[3] and in 2007 became the German Champion for the first time.[4] Also in 2007, he won the league and cup double with Coventry during the 2007 Elite League speedway season.[2]
He was a regular team member of the German speedway team at senior level and represented them in the annual Speedway World Cup. In 2010, he won his third German title and began concentrating mainly on Long track.
He would win eight German speedway Championships but his finest success came in 2018 when he won the 2018 Individual Long Track World Championship.[5]
In 2019, he was part of the German team, along with Lukas Fienhage and Max Dilger, that won the silver medal at the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.[6]
In 2023, he was part of the German team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland.[7] He then went on claim a second Individual Long Track World Championship[8][9] and the silver medal at the 2023 Team Long Track World Championship.[10]
Personal life
Smolinski is of Polish descent through his paternal grandfather from Katowice.[11]
Major results
Speedway
World team championship
- 2003 - 10th place (1 point in Event 1)
- 2004 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (14 points)
- 2005 - 8th place (2 points in Event 2)
- 2006 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (9 points)
- 2007 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (13 points)
- 2008 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (12 points)
- 2009 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (10 points)
Other
World U-21 World Championship
- 2003 - 15th place (2 points)
- 2004 - 6th place (9 points)
- 2005 - 15th place (2 points)
Team U-21 World Championship
- 2005 - 2nd in Qualifying Round 1 (8 points)
U-19 European Championship
- 2000 - 4th place (11 points + 2)
- 2002 - 13th place (4 points)
- 2003 - 16th place (2 points)
European Pairs Championship
- 2004 - 10 points in Semi-Final 1
- 2006 - 16 points in Semi-Final 2
Longtrack
Grand-Prix Series
World Longtrack Best Grand-Prix Results
World Longtrack Team Championship
Grasstrack
European Grasstrack Championship
Finals
