Piotr Protasiewicz (born 25 January 1975 in Zielona Góra, Poland) is a Polish international speedway rider. He is a four times World team champion and earned 24 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.

Career

Protasiewicz began his career riding for Falubaz Zielona Góra in 1991 where he would spend four seasons. He began to record some notable performances including reaching the finals of three Speedway Under-21 World Championship in 1993, 1995 and 1996. In the 1996 final he scored a perfect 15 point maximum to be crowned the World U21 champion. He rode for the Polish national team in the 1996 Speedway World Cup and in October 1997, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qualification he won the GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the 1998 Grand Prix. He would repeat this feat three years later in October 2003. Protasiewicz made his British league debut in 1998 for the King's Lynn Stars and would spend two seasons with the Peterborough Panthers and two seasons with the Ipswich Witches before a final season with Oxford Cheetahs in 2007. He won a second World Cup gold medal for Poland in the 2005. In total he rode in 12 Speedway Grand Prix series, the laste bing the 2010 Speedway Grand Prix. Protasiewicz won his third and fourth Speedway World Cup gold medals at the 2009 Speedway World Cup, 2011 Speedway World Cup. He spent several seasons with Polonia Bydgoszcz before returning to his first club Zielona Góra. In 2022, he started his 16th consecutive season with the club.

Awards

For his sport achievements, he received the Silver Cross of Merit in 2000.

Personal life

He married his girlfriend Katarzyna on 25 October 2002. They have two children. His father, Paweł was speedway rider too.

Speedway Grand Prix results

Honours

Speedway Grand Prix

World Under-21 Championship

Speedway World Cup

Individual Speedway Polish Championship

Other events

Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship (U-21) Polish Pairs Speedway Championship Polish Pairs Speedway Junior Championship (U-21) Team Speedway Polish Championship