Piotr Świst

Piotr Świst (born June 20, 1968 in Poland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. His surname "Świst" means 'whizz' in Polish.^[1] He earned 18 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.^[2]

Career

Świst spent his first 13 seasons in Poland with Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski from 1985 through to 1997.^[1] He won a silver medal in the 1987 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship and three Polish U-21 Championships in 1987, 1988 and 1989.^[3] In 1987 he toured the United Kingdom with the Polish team.^[4]

Additionally, he won the Golden Helmet in 2008 and the Polish Pairs Championship in 1992.

On three occasions he reached the podium of the Polish Individual Speedway Championship (1993, 1995 and 2002).

He raced twice in the United Kingdom for the Arena Essex Hammers in 2005 and the Poole Pirates in 2007.^[5]^[6]

Individual World Championship
- 1990 - injury in Continental Semi-Final B
- 1991 - 10th place (8 points) in Continental Semi-Final B
- 1992 - 15th place (2 points) in Semi-Final A
- 1993 - 16th place (1 point) in Semi-Final B
- 1994 - 15th place (1 point)
Individual U-21 World Championship
- 1987 - 2nd place (12 points +3)
- 1988 - 8th place (9 points)
- 1989 - 13th place (3 points)
Team World Championship
- 1995 - 1 point in Group A
- 1995 - 9 points in Group B
- 1996 - 8 points in Group B
- 1999 - 5 points in Group B
European Club Champions' Cup
- 2000 - 2nd place (11 points)
Individual Polish Championship
- 1993 - 3rd place
- 1995 - 2nd place
- 2002 - 3rd place
Individual U-21 Polish Championship
- 1986 - 2nd place
- 1987 - Polish Champion
- 1988 - Polish Champion
- 1989 - Polish Champion
Polish Pairs Championship
- 1987 - 2nd place
- 1988 - 3rd place
- 1989 - 3rd place
- 1992 - Polish Champion
- 1994 - 3rd place
- 1997 - 3rd place
- 2003 - 2nd place
Polish Pairs U-21 Championship
- 1986 - Polish Champion
- 1987 - Polish Champion
- 1988 - 2nd place
- 1989 - 2nd place
Team Polish Championship
- 1984 - 2nd place
- 1987 - 3rd place
- 1992 - 2nd place
- 1997 - 2nd place
- 1998 - 3rd place
Golden Helmet
- 1988 - Winner
- 1998 - 3rd place
Silver Helmet (U-21)
- 1986 - 3rd place
- 1989 - Winner
Bronze Helmet (U-19)
- 1985 - 3rd place
- 1986 - Winner
- 1987 - Winner
Individual Latvian Championship
- 2008 Daugavpils - 2nd place^[7]

^ ^a ^b "Piotr Świst Polska". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ "Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ "Back in the Big Time!". Edinburgh Evening News. 27 May 1987. Retrieved 10 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Twisty's Nicholls win sent a shiver down my spine". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "Laguta z tytułem, srebro dla Śwista". SportoweFakty.pl. 13 July 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2008.