13 Facts About Tomasz Gollob

Tomasz Gollob appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series between its inaugural season in 1995 and 2013.

Tomasz Gollob earned 52 caps for the Poland national speedway team.

Tomasz Gollob spent almost all of his career with hometown club Bydgoszcz until he moved to Unia Tarnow in 2004.

Tomasz Gollob has won the Polish Individual Championship eight times and the Polish Pairs Championship ten times.

Tomasz Gollob has won the Polish Grand Prix eight times in thirteen years.

Tomasz Gollob clinched the Speedway World Championship in 2010 after securing the championship in Terenzano, Italy.

Tomasz Gollob is only the second Pole to ever win the World Championship, following in the footsteps of Jerzy Szczakiel who won in 1973.

Tomasz Gollob is the only World Champion to win the Jack Young Solo Cup held in Adelaide each year in memory of Australia's 1951 and 1952 World Champion, Jack Young.

Tomasz Gollob was a member of the Poland speedway team that won the World Team Cup in 1996 and the World Cup in 2005,2007,2009,2010,2011.

In 2007, Tomasz Gollob survived a plane crash with fellow rider Rune Holta.

Tomasz Gollob escaped with cuts and bruises after pulling his father from the wreckage.

On retirement, Tomasz Gollob had achieved 22 Grand Prix wins from 1995 until 2012.

In 2017, Tomasz Gollob suffered serious injuries to head and spine in a motocross accident during a MX event in Northern Poland.