Karol Ząbik

Karol Ząbik

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Born	(1987-04-29) April 29, 1987 Toruń, Poland
Nationality	Poland
Website	Official Site
Current club information
British league	Peterborough Panthers
Polish league	KS Toruń
Swedish league	Elit Vetlanda
Career history
2003- 2006, 2008- 2007- 2008	KS Toruń (POL) Peterborough Panthers Rospiggarna (SWE) Poole Pirates
Individual honours
2006 2005 2006 2006	World Under-21 Champion European Under-19 Champion Polish Under-21 Champion Silver Helmet Winner
Team honours
2005, 2006, 2007 2004, 2005	Under-21 World Cup Polish Under-21 Team Champion

Karol Ząbik (born October 25, 1986 in Toruń, Poland) is a Polish speedway rider who has won World, European and Polish Under-21 titles and has ridden for the Polish national junior team.

His father, Jan Ząbik was also a speedway rider, and is now the team manager of Polish speedway club KS Toruń.

Speedway Grand Prix results

2005 Speedway Grand Prix

Final Championship standings:			-	Riding No (18)
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
8 /9	Polish SGP	18	-	-	18

2006 Speedway Grand Prix

Final Championship standings:			-	Riding No (18)
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
10 /10	Polish SGP	18	-	-	18

	permanent speedway rider
	wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
	rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

Career

World Under-21 Championship

• 2006 - World Champion
• 2007 - 5th place (10 points)

Under-21 World Cup

• 2005 - World Champion (3 points)
• 2006 - World Champion (13 points)
• 2007 - World Champion (10 points)

European Under-19 Championship

• 2004 - Silver medal (12+3 points)
• 2005 - European Champion

Polish Individual Championship

• 2004 - 8th place in Quarter-Final A
• 2006 - 18 place (as 2nd track reserve; 11th in Semi-Final B)

Polish Under-21 Championship

• 2003 - 14th place (2 points; as track reserve)
• 2004 - 12th in Semi-Final A
• 2005 - Bronze medal (10+3 points)
• 2006 - Polish Champion (14 points)
• 2007 - Silver medal

Polish Pairs Speedway Championship

• 2005 - 5th place with KS Toruń (5 points)
• 2006 - 3rd in Semi-Final C with KS Toruń

Polish Under-21 Pairs Championship

• 2003 - 3rd in Semi-Final C
• 2004 - Bronze medal (7 points)
• 2005 - 4th place (8 points)
• 2006 - 6th place (but he rode in Semi-Final A only)

Ekstraliga Championship

• 2003 - Silver medal with KS Toruń
• 2004 - 4 place with KS Toruń
• 2005 - 4 place with KS Toruń
• 2006 - 7 place with KS Toruń

Polish Under-21 Team Championship

• 2003 - 2nd in Qualification Group A
• 2004 - Polish Champion (13 points)
• 2005 - Polish Champion (8 points)
• 2006 - 4th in Qualification Group D
• 2007 - Qualification Group A (last round September 15)

Golden Helmet

• 2007 - 13th place (4 points)

Silver Helmet (U-21)

• 2004 - 6th place (9 points)
• 2005 - injury (3rd in Semi-Final B, promotion to Final)
• 2006 - Gold medal (15 points)
• 2007 - Semi-Finals will be on September 4

Bronze Helmet (U-19)

• 2003 - injury (2nd in Semi-Final A, promotion to Final)
• 2004 - 16th place (0 points in 2 heats; two fells)

See also

• Unibax Toruń

External links

• (en) (pl) Official Site