Paweł Hlib

Paweł Hlib (born 20 February 1986 in Poland^[1]) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.^[2][3]

Paweł Hlib

Born	(1986-02-20) 20 February 1986 (age 39) Poland
Nationality	Polish
Career history
Poland
2002–2005, 2007–2008, 2013	Gorzów
2006	Tarnów
2009	Rybnik
2010–2011	Gdańsk
2012, 2019	Krosno
2013	Kraków
Denmark
2004–2006	Brovst
Sweden
2005, 2007	Kaparna
2006	Västervik
Great Britain
2006	Coventry
Individual honours
2007	Polish Under-21 Champion
Team honours
2005, 2006, 2007	Team U-21 World Champion

Career

Hlib won the Team Speedway Junior World Championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and became the Individual Polish Under-21 Champion in 2007.

In 2004 he was due to make his debut for Eastbourne Eagles in the British leagues but changed his mind about riding for them.^[4] However, in 2006 he joined Coventry Bees for the 2006 Elite League speedway season.^[5][6]

In December 2008, he joined the Poland national team. Hlib stated that he would like to join the German team because he has German citizenship as well.^[7]

He returned to ride in Poland during 2019, for Wilki Krosno. It was his final season in Poland.^[2]

Results

World Championship

• Individual U-21 World Championship
  • 2006 - bronze medal
  • 2007 - Champion
• Team U-21 World Championship (Under-21 World Cup)
  • 2005 - World Champion (12 points in Semi-Final)
  • 2006 - World Champion (12 points)
  • 2007 - World Champion (10 points)

European Championship

• Individual U-19 European Championship
  • 2003 - 11th place
  • 2005 - 4th place

Polish competitions

• Individual U-21 Polish Championship
  • 2006 - Bronze medal
  • 2007 - Polish Champion
• Silver Helmet (U-21)
  • 2004 - Silver medal
  • 2005 - Silver medal

See also

• Poland national speedway team
• Speedway in Poland