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Wybrzeże Gdańsk
Club information
Track addressStadium Zbigniew Podlecki
CountryPoland
Founded1945
Team managerEryk Jozwiak
League1. Liga
WebsiteOfficial website
Club facts
Track size349 m
Track record time61.28
Track record holderDarcy Ward
Major team honours
Team Championship
silver medal		1960, 1967, 1978, 1985
Team Championship
bronze medal		1965, 1999
Polish Pairs Speedway Championship1985

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 1. Liga.[1][2]

Speedway

History

The club competed in the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, under the name of GKM Gdańsk. [3][4] The following year the name changed to Związkowiec Gdańsk


Teams

2023 team

Previous teams

Honours

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) 		4 1 1983 2 1978, 1980 1 1984
Pairs (MPPK)
(since 1974) 		6 1 1985 2 1986, 2000 3 1984, 1987, 2004
Pairs U-21 (MMPPK)
(1980 U-23; since 1983) 		3 1 1989 2 1983, 2000
Individual (IMP)
(since 1948) 		10 3 1979, 1984, 1985 4 1960, 1961, 1981, 1983 3 1963, 1989, 1994
Individual U-21 (MIMP)
(since 1967) 		7 1 1980 6 1970, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989
Total Polish Championship medals: 36 Gold: 7 Silver: 14 Bronze: 15
Competitions Total I place II place III place
Total Years Total Years Total Years
European Club (KPE)
(since 1998) 		0
Team Cup (DPP)
(?) 		1 1 1989
Golden Helmet (ZK)
(since 1961) 		2 2 1962, 1978
Silver Helmet U-21 (SK)
(since 1966) 		2 2 1981, 1988
Bronze Helmet U-19 (BK)
(1976-81; since 1983) 		2 2 1981, 1988



Other Sections

The club had many other sections over the years, out of which only the speedway team survived throughout the club's history. The men's handball team has been revived in 2010.

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 between 1958-2002. 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

  1. ^ Media, Wirtualna Polska. "Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk". sportowefakty.wp.pl.
  2. ^ "Home". Wybrzeze Gdansk speedway. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. ^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1948". Speedway History. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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