Tomasz Gollob

Infobox Speedway rider
ridername= Tomasz Gollob


nationality = flagicon|Poland Poland
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|4|11
cityofbirth = Bydgoszcz
countryofbirth = Poland
website = [http://www.gollobracing.com www.gollobracing.com]
britishleague =
polishleague = Stal Gorzów Wlkp.
swedishleague = Västervik Speedway
career = Polonia Bydgoszcz (POL)
Wybrzeże Gdańsk (POL)
Ipswich Witches (GBR)
Västervik (SWE)
Unia Tarnów (POL)
Stal Gorzów Wlkp. (POL)
years = 1988, 1990-2003
1989
1998-2000
2001-
2004-2007
2008-
indivhonour = Polish Champion

Polish Under 21 Champion
Polish Golden Helmet Winner

Polish Silver Helmet Winner
Polish Grand Prix Champion

Swedish Grand Prix Champion
Czech Grand Prix Champion
German Grand Prix Champion
indivyear = 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
2001, 2002
1990, 1991, 1992
1994, 1995, 1997, 2000,
2002
1990, 2002
1995, 1998, 1999, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
1997
1999
2001
teamhonour = World Team Cup Winner
World Cup Winner
European Cup Champions' Winner
Polish Team Champion

Polish Pairs Champion


Elite League Champion
Elite League KO Cup Winner
Craven Shield Winner
Swedish Elitserien Champion
teamyear = 1996
2005, 2007
2001
1992, 1997, 1998, 2000,
2002, 2004, 2005
1990, 1991, 1993, 1994,
1995, 1996, 1997, 1999,
2000, 2002
1998
1998
1998
2005, 2006

Tomasz Robert Gollob (born April 11 1971 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) [Oakes, P.(2006). "Speedway Star Almanac". ISBN 0-9552376-1-0] is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who has appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series since its inaugural season in 1995. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rider.

Career summary

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 six times and the Polish Pairs Championship ten times. He has also won the Polish Grand Prix eight times in thirteen years.

Gollob was also a member of the Poland speedway team that won the World Team Cup in 1996 and the World Cup in 2005 and 2007.

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 Zielona Góra. Gollob escaped with cuts and bruises after pulling his father from the wreckage.cite web
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title = Gollob survives plane crash drama
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publisher = Evening Star
date = 2007-06-11
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World Final Appearances

* 1993 - Flag|GER Pocking - 7th - 8pts
* 1994 - Flag|DEN Vojens - 17th - 0pts [Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). "A History of the World Speedway Championship". Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5]

Speedway Grand Prix results

SGP Career|2007|P|POS=4 |PTS=108 |No=8 |event=SGP Career|2008|P|POS= |PTS= |No=4 |event=

References