Piotr Świst
NationalityPolish
Birth date20 June 1968 (age 58)
Birth placePoland
Career 1Poland
Years 21985–1997, 2000–2002
Career 2Stal Gorzów
Years 31998–1999
Career 3Stal Rzeszów
Years 42003–2005
Career 4Zielona Góra
Years 52006
Career 5Lublin
Years 62007–2008
Career 6Daugavpils
Years 72009–2010, 2012–2016
Career 7Polonia Piła
Years 82011
Career 8Rivne
Career 9Great Britain
Years 102005
Career 10Arena Essex Hammers
Years 112007
Career 11Poole Pirates
Career 12Sweden
Years 131992–1994
Career 13Smederna
Years 142002
Career 14Örnarna
Years 152003
Career 15Vargarna
Career 16Denmark
Years 172009–2010
Career 17Esbjerg
Indivyear 11987 - silver medal
Indivhonour 1U-21 World Championship
Indivyear 21987, 1988, 1989
Indivhonour 2U-21 Polish Champion
Indivyear 31988
Indivhonour 3Poland Golden Helmet Winner
Indivyear 41989
Indivhonour 4Poland Silver Helmet Winner
Indivyear 51986, 1987
Indivhonour 5Poland Bronze Helmet Winner
Teamyear 11992
Teamhonour 1Polish Pairs Champion
Teamyear 21992
Teamhonour 2Allsvenskan Div 1 Champion

Piotr Świst (born 20 June 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]

Results

Notes

  1. ^ "Piotr Świst Polska". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Back in the Big Time!". Edinburgh Evening News. 27 May 1987. Retrieved 10 September 2024. – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Twisty's Nicholls win sent a shiver down my spine". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  6. ^ "2008 Rider index". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Laguta z tytułem, srebro dla Śwista". SportoweFakty.pl. 2008-07-13. Retrieved 2008-07-14.

See also