Tomasz Gollob

Tomasz Gollob is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider, born in 1971 in Bydgoszcz, who retired after a career that ran from the first Speedway Grand Prix season in 1995 to 2013. He won the Speedway World Championship in 2010, only the second Pole to do so after Jerzy Szczakiel in 1973. Gollob spent most of his career with his hometown club Bydgoszcz before moving to Unia Tarnow in 2004, won the Polish Individual Championship eight times between 1992 and 2009, and was part of the Polish sides that took the World Cup several times. He survived a plane crash in 2007 and later suffered serious injuries in a motocross accident in 2017. The article describes him as a former rider with 52 caps for the Poland national speedway team and several state honours for his sporting achievements.