Damian Baliński
Damian Baliński is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He earned two international caps for the Poland speedway team.
Career
He was a member of the Poland national speedway team. Remarkably, in 29 seasons of Polish speedway he has only ridden for three clubs Unia Leszno, Rybnik and Rawicz.He only rode one season in the British leagues, with Swindon Robins in 2007.
Family
His older brother Dariusz and his son Damian Jr. are also speedway riders. Baliński is married to Aneta. They have two sons, Mikołaj and Filip.Career details
World Championship
- Individual World Championship
- * 2008 - not classify
- Individual Under-21 World Championship
- * 1996 - Olching - track reserve
- * 1998 - Piła - 8th place
- Team World Championship
- * 2007 Leszno - '''World Champion'''
European Championships
- Individual European Championship
- * 2005 - Lonigo - 5th place
- * 2006 - Miskolc - 7th place
- European Pairs Championship
- * ''2006 - started in Semi-Final 2 only ''
Polish Championships
- Individual Polish Championship
- * 2007 - Bronze medal
- * 2008 - Leszno - 5th place
- Individual Under-21 Polish Championship
- * 1996 - Bronze medal
- Polish Pairs Championship
- * 1999 - Silver medal
- * 2003 - Polish Champion
- * 2007 - Bronze medal
- Polish Pairs Under-21 Championship
- ** 1996 - Polish Champion
- * 1997 - Polish Champion
- Team Polish Championship
- * 2002 - Silver medal
- * 2007 - Polish Champion
- Team Under-21 Team Championship
- * 1996 - Bronze medal
- * 1997 - '''Bronze medal'''
Others competitions
- Golden Helmet
- * 2005 - Runner-up
- * 2008 - Wrocław - Winner
- Under-19 Bronze Helmet
- * 1996 - Gold medal
- Team Speedway Polish Cup
- * 1997 - Silver medal
- * 1998 - Silver medal
- Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces
- * 2008 - Bydgoszcz - 7th place