Martin Smolinski

Martin Smolinski (born December 6, 1984 in Munich ) is a German speedway driver . His greatest single success was winning the German championship in Stralsund in 2007 and in Landshut in 2009 . He currently drives in the Speedway Bundesliga for AC Landshut, in the Polish league for Unibax Toruń and in the Swedish league for Hammarby IF . In 2010 he drove for the Coventry Bees and since 2012 for the Birmingham Brummies in the British professional league. Martin Smolinski was the first German speedway driver to qualify for the 2014 World Speedway Grand Prix and won the opening race in New Zealand. With his partner Kevin Wölbert, he won the Speedway European Championship final for couples in Herxheim in 2013. He is the reigning German speedway champion in 2018 and also won this title in 2015 and 2016. In 2018 he spectacularly won the World Long Course Championship.

Teams 2009

• Unibax Toruń
• Hammarby IF
• AC Landshut

Teams 2010

• AC Landshut
• Coventry Bees British League Champion 2010

Teams 2013

• AC Landshut
• Birmingham Brummies

successes

singles

• German champion: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
• German U-21 champion: 2003
• European grass track champion 2011
• Long track vice world champion 2012
• German long track champion 2013, 2016
• Winner of the 2014 World Speedway Grand Prix in New Zealand
• Long course world champion 2018

team

• British champion : 2005, 2007
• Craven Shield Winner: 2007
• German champion: 2001 (Olching), 2006 (Olching), 2007 (Olching), 2008 (Olching), 2009 (Landshut), 2010 (Landshut), 2011 (Landshut), 2012 (Landshut), 2013 (Landshut), 2016 ( Landshut), 2017 (Landshut), 2018 (Landshut)
• Long track team world champion : 2010, 2011, 2017
• Speedway European Championships 2013 with Kevin Wölbert

Web links

• www.smolinski-speedway.de