Mirosław Kowalik (speedway rider)

Mirosław Kowalik
Born	7 May 1969 (age 55); Aleksandrów Kujawski, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Current club information
Manager	Poland (co-manager)
Career history
Poland
1987–2002	Toruń
2003–2004	Bydgoszcz
Great Britain
1995	Ipswich Witches
Team honours
1990, 2001	Team Speedway Polish Championship

Mirosław Kowalik (born 7 May 1969 in Aleksandrów Kujawski, Poland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland,^[1] He earned eight international caps for the Poland national speedway team.^[2]

Career

Kowalik began his career at Toruń during the 1988 Polish speedway season. He would remain loyal with the club for 16 seasons before joining Polonia Bydgoszcz in 2003.^[3]

He rode for Ipswich Witches in the British speedway leagues during the 1993 British League season,^[2] riding nine times for a 3.56 average^[4] and appeared for Masarna in Sweden.^[5]

In 2001, he was selected by Poland for the 2001 Speedway World Cup Qualifying round 1, when the team easily won the round and went on to win a silver medal in the 2001 Speedway World Cup.^[6]

After retiring he took up coaching and was the KS Toruń team manager in 2012.^[7]

^ Wesołek, Marcin (2 February 2011). "PSŻ Poznań zaprasza Pawlickich". Agora SA (in Polish). Retrieved 21 April 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ "Rider Statistics". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ "It's gating worse in my GP campagn". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 6 August 1999. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "2001 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ "Zbigniew Czerwiński with an "Angel" on his chest! Will he start in the match against Lotos?". Wirtualny Toruń. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

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