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{{about|closed multi-sports club|handball section|Wybrzeże Gdańsk (handball)|speedway club|Wybrzeże Gdańsk (2006)}}
{{Short description|Polish motorcycle speedway team}}
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{{Use British English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox motorcycle speedway team
{{Infobox motorcycle speedway team
|clubname = Wybrzeże Gdańsk
|clubname = Wybrzeże Gdańsk
|image = Gdańsk Stadion im. Zbigniewa Podleckiego.JPG
|image =
|track = Stadium [[Zbigniew Podlecki]]
|track = [[Zbigniew Podlecki Stadium]]
|country = Poland
|country = Poland
|founded = 1945
|founded = 1945
|closed =
|closed =2005
|manager = [[Eryk Jozwiak]]
|manager =
|captain =
|captain =
|league =
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|league = [[Polish Speedway First League|1. Liga]]
|website =
|website = [https://www.wybrzezegdansk.pl/ Official website]
|colours =
|colours =
|nickname =
|nickname =
|tracksize = 349 m
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|track record time= 61.28
|track record time=
|track record date=
|track record date=
|track record holder= [[Darcy Ward]]
|track record holder=
|honour1 = [[Team Speedway Polish Championship|Team Championship]]<br>silver medal
|honour1 =
|year1 = [[1960 Polish speedway season|1960]], [[1967 Polish speedway season|1967]], [[1978 Polish speedway season|1978]], [[1985 Polish speedway season|1985]]
|year1 =
|honour2 = [[Team Speedway Polish Championship|Team Championship]]<br>bronze medal
|year2 = [[1965 Polish speedway season|1965]], [[1999 Polish speedway season|1999]]
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|honour3 = [[Polish Pairs Speedway Championship]]
|year3 = [[1985 Polish speedway season|1985]]
}}
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'''Wybrzeże Gdańsk''' (''Gdańsk Coast Club'') is a Polish [[multi-sports club]] established in 1945, most known for the [[motorcycle speedway]] team who race in the [[Polish Speedway First League|1. Liga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wybrzezegdansk.pl/|title=Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk|first=Wirtualna Polska|last=Media|website=sportowefakty.wp.pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wybrzezegdansk.pl/ |title=Home |website=Wybrzeze Gdansk speedway |access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref>
'''Wybrzeże Gdańsk''' was a Polish [[multi-sports club]] based in [[Gdańsk]], established in 1945, most known for its [[motorcycle speedway]] and [[Wybrzeże Gdańsk (handball)|handball]] teams. Club has closed in 2005, due to financal problems.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Gałęzewski |first=Michał |title=Siedem dekad medali, sukcesów, problemów - Wybrzeże Gdańsk skończyło 70 lat! |url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/wokol-sportu/514357/siedem-dekad-medali-sukcesow-problemow-wybrzeze-gdansk-skonczylo-70-lat}}</ref> Before 2006 speedway season was established new club - [[Wybrzeże Gdańsk (2006)|Wybrzeże Gdańsk]].<ref name=":0" /> In handball, new club take part in league matches first time in 2010.<ref name=":0" />

The club's colours was red, white, blue.


== Speedway ==
== Speedway ==
===History===
===History===
==== 1948 to 1999 ====
The club competed in the inaugural [[1948 Polish speedway season]], under the name of '''GKM Gdańsk'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/druzynowemp.php |title=HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023 |website=Speedway History |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_1948.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 1948 |website=Speedway History |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref>
The club competed in the inaugural [[1948 Polish speedway season]], under the name of GKM Gdańsk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/druzynowemp.php |title=HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023 |website=Speedway History |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_1948.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 1948 |website=Speedway History |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref> The following year the name changed to Związkowiec Gdańsk and competed until 1950. Speedway returned to Gdańsk in [[1957 Polish speedway season|1957]] under the name of LPŻ Gdańsk (1957–1959) and Legia Gdańsk from 1960.


Legia won a silver medal in the [[Team Speedway Polish Championship]] in [[1960 Polish speedway season|1960]] and their star rider [[Marian Kaiser]] also became the Polish champion after winning the [[Polish Individual Speedway Championship]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_1960.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 1960 |website=Historia Speedway |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> Kaiser went on to win the [[Golden Helmet (Poland)|Golden Helmet]] in [[1962 Polish speedway season|1962]], when the club referred to itself as Wybrzeże Gdańsk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_1962.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 1962 |website=Historia Speedway |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref>
===2022 squad===

* {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Rasmus Jensen (speedway rider)|Rasmus Jensen]]
The 1960s remained a positive era for the club and they won the bronze medal in [[1965 Polish speedway season|1965]] and the silver medal in [[1967 Polish speedway season|1967]] headed by riders such as Kaiser, [[Zbigniew Podlecki]] and [[Henryk Żyto]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_1967.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 1967 |website=Historia Speedway |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Wiktor Trofimov|Wiktor Trofimov]]

* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Piotr Gryszpinski]]
The 1970s saw little team success but [[Zenon Plech]] was the Golden Helmet winner in [[1978 Polish speedway season|1978]] and Polish champion in [[1979 Polish speedway season|1979]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980|pages=101|publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Jakub Jamróg]]

* {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Timo Lahti]]
The 1980s proved to be another quiet period, with the only significant honours being a team silver medal in [[1985 Polish speedway season|1985]] and the [[Polish Pairs Speedway Championship]] (Zenon Plech and [[Grzegorz Dzikowski]]) in the same season. However, Zenon Plech won two more Polish titles in [[1984 Polish speedway season|1984]] and [[1985 Polish speedway season|1985]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmpolski.php |title=Polish Individual Speedway Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego |access-date=9 March 2023}}</ref> The 1990s continued in the same manner with little success except winning the [[Polish Speedway First League|second division]] in [[1993 Polish speedway season|1993]] and winning a bronze medal in [[1999 Polish speedway season|1999]] after signing [[Tony Rickardsson]] and [[Sebastian Ułamek]].
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Kamil Marciniec]]

* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Karol Zupinski]]
====2000 to present ====
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Milosz Wysocki]]
Gdansk were inaugural members of the [[Ekstraliga (speedway)|Ekstraliga]] in 2000, but they suffered relegation to the [[Polish Speedway First League|1. Liga]] that season, this was despite a bronze medal win the previous season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zuzelend.com/i,89,Historia-Druzynowych-Mistrzostw-Polski |title=Historia Drużynowych Mistrzostw Polski |website=Zuzeland.com |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref> They bounced back by winning 1.Liga in [[2001 Polish speedway season|2001]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayw.pl/pl_2001.htm |title=Historia Speedway Polsce 2001 |website=Historia Speedway |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Adrian Gala]]

In 2005 club has closed. From 2006 to now, in [[Team Speedway Polish Championship|polish team championship]] is riding new club - [[Wybrzeże Gdańsk (2006)|Wybrzeże Gdańsk]]. It continues tradition and history of previous club. <ref name=":0" />

Handball section was closed in 2002. New club was established in 2010 - [[Wybrzeże Gdańsk (handball)|Wybrzeże Gdańsk (handball).]]<ref name=":0" />

===Notable riders===
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*{{player||POL|[[Grzegorz Dzikowski]]}}
*{{player||POL|[[Marian Kaiser]]}}
*{{player||POL|[[Zenon Plech]]}}
*{{player||POL|[[Zbigniew Podlecki]]}}
*{{player||SWE|[[Tony Rickardsson]]}}
*{{player||POL|[[Sebastian Ułamek]]}}
*{{player||POL|[[Paweł Waloszek]]}}
*{{player||POL|[[Henryk Żyto]]}}
}}


=== Honours ===
=== Honours ===
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| DMP 3 =2 |DMP 3y =1965, 1997
| DMP 3 =2 |DMP 3y =1965, 1997
|MDMP 1 =1 |MDMP 1y =1983
|MDMP 1 =1 |MDMP 1y =1983
|MDMP 2 =2 |MDMP 2y =1978, 1980
|MDMP 2 =2 |MDMP 2y =1978, 1980,
|MDMP 3 =1 |MDMP 3y =1984
|MDMP 3 =2 |MDMP 3y =1984,
| MPPK 1 =1 |MPPK 1y =1985
| MPPK 1 =1 |MPPK 1y =1985
| MPPK 2 =2 |MPPK 2y =1986, 2000
| MPPK 2 =2 |MPPK 2y =1986, 2000
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|MMPPK 1 =1 |MMPPK 1y =1989
|MMPPK 1 =1 |MMPPK 1y =1989
|MMPPK 2 =2 |MMPPK 2y =1983, 2000
|MMPPK 2 =2 |MMPPK 2y =1983, 2000
|MMPPK 3 = |MMPPK 3y =
|MMPPK 3 =1 |MMPPK 3y =
| IMP 1 =3 |IMP 1y =1979, 1984, 1985
| IMP 1 =3 |IMP 1y =1979, 1984, 1985
| IMP 2 =4 |IMP 2y =1960, 1961, 1981, 1983
| IMP 2 =4 |IMP 2y =1960, 1961, 1981, 1983
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|MIMP 1 =1 |MIMP 1y =1980
|MIMP 1 =1 |MIMP 1y =1980
|MIMP 2 = |MIMP 2y =
|MIMP 2 = |MIMP 2y =
|MIMP 3 =6 |MIMP 3y =1970, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989
|MIMP 3 =8 |MIMP 3y =1970, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1998
| KPE 1 = |KPE 1y =
| KPE 1 = |KPE 1y =
| KPE 2 = |KPE 2y =
| KPE 2 = |KPE 2y =
| KPE 3 = |KPE 3y =
| KPE 3 = |KPE 3y =
|DPP 1 =1 |DPP 1y =1989
|DPP 1 =1 |DPP 1y =1999
|DPP 2 = |DPP 2y =
|DPP 2 =1 |DPP 2y =1978
|DPP 3 = |DPP 3y =
|DPP 3 = |DPP 3y =
| IPP 1 = |IPP 1y =
| IPP 1 = |IPP 1y =
| IPP 2 = |IPP 2y =
| IPP 2 = |IPP 2y =
| IPP 3 = |IPP 3y =
| IPP 3 = |IPP 3y =
|ZK 1 =2 |ZK 1y =1962, 1978
|ZK 1 =2 |ZK 1y =[[1962 Golden Helmet (Poland)|1962]], 1978
|ZK 2 = |ZK 2y =
|ZK 2 =5 |ZK 2y =1983, 1984, 1985, 1995, 2000
|ZK 3 = |ZK 3y =
|ZK 3 =2 |ZK 3y =[[1961 Golden Helmet (Poland)|1961]], 1982
| SK 1 =2 |SK 1y =1981, 1988
| SK 1 =2 |SK 1y =1981, 1988
| SK 2 = |SK 2y =
| SK 2 =2 |SK 2y =1989
| SK 3 = |SK 3y =
| SK 3 =3 |SK 3y =1970, 1978, 1990
|BK 1 =2 |BK 1y =1981, 1988
|BK 1 =4 |BK 1y =1981, 1988
|BK 2 = |BK 2y =
|BK 2 =2 |BK 2y =1987
|BK 3 = |BK 3y =
|BK 3 =3 |BK 3y =1980, 1989
}}
}}


== Other Sections ==
== Handball ==
{{Main|Wybrzeże Gdańsk (handball)}}
⚫
The club had many other sections over the years, out of which only the [[motorcycle speedway|speedway]] team survived throughout the club's history. The men's [[team handball|handball]] team has been revived in 2010.

== Other sections ==
⚫
The club had many sections over the years, out of which only the [[motorcycle speedway|speedway]], [[handball]] and [[judo]] sections exist to this day as separately run entities.


'''Athletics'''
'''Athletics'''
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'''Judo'''
'''Judo'''
The section existed between 1958-2002. Club honours of the section are:
The section existed in 1958–2002, and as a separate entity since 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judowybrzeze-gdansk.pl/?page_id=15653|title=O Klubie|website=JUDO SGKS Wybrzeże Gdańsk|access-date=23 April 2023|language=pl}}</ref> Club honours of the section are:


* 45 Individual Polish Championship Titles
* 45 Individual Polish Championship Titles
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'''Other sections'''
'''Other sections'''
There were five other sections of the club, but they were short-lived and without any major sporting success.
There were five other sections of the club, but they were short-lived and without any major sporting success.
* [[Association football|Football]] (1945–1961, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/542806/pilkarze-wybrzeza-gdansk-beda-grali-w-b-klasie-na-stadionie-im-zbigniewa-podleck|title=Piłkarze Wybrzeża Gdańsk będą grali w B klasie na Stadionie im. Zbigniewa Podleckiego|website=WP Sportowe Fakty|date=26 August 2015|access-date=23 April 2023|language=pl}}</ref>–2020)
* '''[[Association football|Football]]''' (1945-1961)
* '''[[Volleyball]]''' (1945-1969)
* [[Volleyball]] (1945–1969)
* '''[[Cycle sport|Cycling]]''' (1945-1955)
* [[Cycle sport|Cycling]] (1945–1955)
* '''[[Motorcycle club]]''' (1948-1955)
* [[Motorcycle club]] (1948–1955)
* '''[[Wrestling]]''' (1951-1955)
* [[Wrestling]] (1951–1955)

== See also ==
* [[Speedway in Poland]]


== References ==
== References ==
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{{Polish speedway teams}}
{{Polish speedway teams}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.lotosgdansk.pl LotosGdansk.pl - Official website (in Polish)]


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Latest revision as of 23:39, 27 November 2024

This article is about closed multi-sports club. For handball section, see Wybrzeże Gdańsk (handball). For speedway club, see Wybrzeże Gdańsk (2006).

Wybrzeże Gdańsk
Club information
Track addressZbigniew Podlecki Stadium
CountryPoland
Founded1945
Closed2005
Major team honours
Team Championship
silver medal		1960, 1967, 1978, 1985
Team Championship
bronze medal		1965, 1999
Polish Pairs Speedway Championship1985

Wybrzeże Gdańsk was a Polish multi-sports club based in Gdańsk, established in 1945, most known for its motorcycle speedway and handball teams. Club has closed in 2005, due to financal problems.[1] Before 2006 speedway season was established new club - Wybrzeże Gdańsk.[1] In handball, new club take part in league matches first time in 2010.[1]

The club's colours was red, white, blue.

Speedway

[edit]

History

[edit]

1948 to 1999

[edit]

The club competed in the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, under the name of GKM Gdańsk.[2][3] The following year the name changed to Związkowiec Gdańsk and competed until 1950. Speedway returned to Gdańsk in 1957 under the name of LPŻ Gdańsk (1957–1959) and Legia Gdańsk from 1960.

Legia won a silver medal in the Team Speedway Polish Championship in 1960 and their star rider Marian Kaiser also became the Polish champion after winning the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1960.[4] Kaiser went on to win the Golden Helmet in 1962, when the club referred to itself as Wybrzeże Gdańsk.[5]

The 1960s remained a positive era for the club and they won the bronze medal in 1965 and the silver medal in 1967 headed by riders such as Kaiser, Zbigniew Podlecki and Henryk Żyto.[6]

The 1970s saw little team success but Zenon Plech was the Golden Helmet winner in 1978 and Polish champion in 1979.[7]

The 1980s proved to be another quiet period, with the only significant honours being a team silver medal in 1985 and the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship (Zenon Plech and Grzegorz Dzikowski) in the same season. However, Zenon Plech won two more Polish titles in 1984 and 1985.[8] The 1990s continued in the same manner with little success except winning the second division in 1993 and winning a bronze medal in 1999 after signing Tony Rickardsson and Sebastian Ułamek.

2000 to present

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Gdansk were inaugural members of the Ekstraliga in 2000, but they suffered relegation to the 1. Liga that season, this was despite a bronze medal win the previous season.[9] They bounced back by winning 1.Liga in 2001.[10]

In 2005 club has closed. From 2006 to now, in polish team championship is riding new club - Wybrzeże Gdańsk. It continues tradition and history of previous club. [1]

Handball section was closed in 2002. New club was established in 2010 - Wybrzeże Gdańsk (handball).[1]

Notable riders

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Honours

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Competitions Total Golden medals Silver medals Bronze medals
Total Years Total Years Total Years
Team (DMP)
(since 1948) 		6 4 1960, 1967, 1978, 1985 2 1965, 1997
Team U-21 (MDMP)
(since 1978) 		5 1 1983 2 1978, 1980, 2 1984,
Pairs (MPPK)
(since 1974) 		6 1 1985 2 1986, 2000 3 1984, 1987, 2004
Pairs U-21 (MMPPK)
(1980 U-23; since 1983) 		4 1 1989 2 1983, 2000 1
Individual (IMP)
(since 1948) 		10 3 1979, 1984, 1985 4 1960, 1961, 1981, 1983 3 1963, 1989, 1994
Individual U-21 (MIMP)
(since 1967) 		9 1 1980 8 1970, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1998
Total Polish Championship medals: 40 Gold: 7 Silver: 14 Bronze: 19
Competitions Total I place II place III place
Total Years Total Years Total Years
European Club (KPE)
(since 1998) 		0
Team Cup (DPP)
(?) 		2 1 1999 1 1978
Golden Helmet (ZK)
(since 1961) 		9 2 1962, 1978 5 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995, 2000 2 1961, 1982
Silver Helmet U-21 (SK)
(since 1966) 		7 2 1981, 1988 2 1989 3 1970, 1978, 1990
Bronze Helmet U-19 (BK)
(1976-81; since 1983) 		9 4 1981, 1988 2 1987 3 1980, 1989



Handball

[edit]
Main article: Wybrzeże Gdańsk (handball)

Other sections

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The club had many sections over the years, out of which only the speedway, handball and judo sections exist to this day as separately run entities.

Athletics The athletics team competed between 1945-1971. The club's achievements were:

Basketball There was a men's section which existed between 1949-1995. The club made a brief re-appearance 2007-2009 before it folded once more. The club's honours include:

Boxing The section existed between 1945-1990. Their honours included:

Gymnastics The section only existed for 4 years between 1952-1956. Lidia Szczerbińska won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne whilst representing the club.

Judo The section existed in 1958–2002, and as a separate entity since 2004.[11] Club honours of the section are:

Other sections There were five other sections of the club, but they were short-lived and without any major sporting success.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Gałęzewski, Michał. "Siedem dekad medali, sukcesów, problemów - Wybrzeże Gdańsk skończyło 70 lat!".
  2. ^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1948". Speedway History. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1960". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1962". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1967". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  7. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  8. ^ "Polish Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Historia Drużynowych Mistrzostw Polski". Zuzeland.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 2001". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  11. ^ "O Klubie". JUDO SGKS Wybrzeże Gdańsk (in Polish). Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Piłkarze Wybrzeża Gdańsk będą grali w B klasie na Stadionie im. Zbigniewa Podleckiego". WP Sportowe Fakty (in Polish). 26 August 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
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