Start Gniezno


Start Gniezno is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Gniezno who currently race in 1. Liga.

History

1958 to 1999

Speedway in Gniezno appeared during the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, a team called Unia Gniezno competed in the regional Third League. However, it only lasted the one season and it was not until 1956 that Start Gniezno started riding.
The team won their first honours in 1958, after winning the second division.
In 1980, the team won the bronze medal in the Team Speedway Polish Championship. Riders included Eugeniusz Błaszak, Leon Kujawski and Jan Puk.
Krzysztof Cegielski earned a silver medal in the Polish Individual Speedway Championship during the 2002 Polish speedway season.

2000 to present

When the Ekstraliga was introduced in 2000, Gniezno were in the 1. Liga.
The club was initially part the multi-sports club with the prefix SKS, before disbanding and being reformed as TŻ in 2004 as an independent club and after another bankruptcy reformed once again under the prefix GTM.
The team have generally competed in the two lower divisions in recent years, winning the 2. Liga in 2005 and 2008 and 1. Liga in 2012.

Teams

2023 team

Previous teams

2022 squad