Piotr Protasiewicz
Piotr Protasiewicz is a Polish international speedway rider. He is a four times World team champion and earned 24 international caps for the speedway team.
Career
Protasiewicz began his career riding for Falubaz Zielona Góra in 1991 where he would spend four seasons. He began to record some notable performances including reaching the finals of three Speedway Under-21 World Championship in 1993, 1995 and 1996. In the 1996 final he scored a perfect 15 point maximum to be crowned the World U21 champion.He rode for the Polish national team in the 1996 Speedway World Cup and in October 1997, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qualification he won the GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the 1998 Grand Prix. He would repeat this feat three years later in October 2003.
Protasiewicz made his British league debut in 1998 for the King's Lynn Stars and would spend two seasons with the Peterborough Panthers and two seasons with the Ipswich Witches before a final season with Oxford Cheetahs in 2007. He won a second World Cup gold medal for Poland in the 2005.
In total he rode in 12 Speedway Grand Prix series, the laste bing the 2010 Speedway Grand Prix. Protasiewicz won his third and fourth Speedway World Cup gold medals at the 2009 Speedway World Cup, 2011 Speedway World Cup.
He spent several seasons with Polonia Bydgoszcz before returning to his first club Zielona Góra. In 2022, he started his 16th consecutive season with the club.
Awards
For his sport achievements, he received the Silver Cross of Merit in 2000.Personal life
He married his girlfriend Katarzyna on 25 October 2002. They have two children. His father, Paweł was speedway rider too.Honours
Speedway Grand Prix
- 1996 - 21st place
- 1997 - 13th place
- 1998 - 21st place
- 1999 - 30th place
- 2000 - 30th place
- 2001 - 20th place
- 2002 - 24th place
- 2003 - 11th place
- 2004 - 15th place
- 2005 - 18th place
- 2006 - 16th place
- 2010 - 18th place
World Under-21 Championship
- 1993 - 5th place
- 1995 - 7th place
- 1996 - '''World Champion'''
Speedway World Cup
- 1996 World Champion
- 2001 - Silver medal
- 2002 - 4th place
- 2003 - 4th place
- 2005 - World Champion
- 2006 - 5th place
- 2009 - World Champion
- 2011 - World Champion
- 2006 - 5th place
- 2014 - '''Silver medal'''
[Individual Speedway Polish Championship]
- 1995 - 10th in Semi-Final
- 1996 - 13th in Semi-Final
- 1997 - 6th place
- 1998 - 7th place
- 1999 - Polish Champion
- 2000 - 14th place
- 2001 - 13th place
- 2002 - 5th place
- 2003 - 11th place
- 2004 - 10th place
- 2005 - 4th place
- 2006 - 7th place
Other events
Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship- 1995 - Silver medal
- 1993 - Silver medal
- 1995 - Silver medal
- 1997 - Polish Champion
- 1998 - Silver medal
- 1999 - Polish Champion
- 2000 - Polish Champion
- 2001 - Silver medal
- 2002 - Polish Champion
- 2003 - Bronze medal
- 2004 - Polish Champion
- 2005 - Silver medal
- 2006 - Silver medal
- 1993 - Bronze medal