Bartosz Zmarzlik

Poland’s first multi-time world champion and now a five-time winner of the Speedway GP World Championship, Bartosz Zmarzlik is making a career out of rewriting the history books. Zmarzlik was schooled at his local club Gorzow, racing with Polish great Tomasz Gollob in his early years. But the pupil is now the master. Since joining the series full-time for 2016, Bartek has amassed an astonishing eight FIM Speedway World Championship medals in nine years, winning gold in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024, silver in 2018 and 2021 and bronze in 2016. He won an incredible five rounds from the nine he raced in 2023 and sealed gold with an unforgettable win at Torun's Marian Rose Motoarena - a victory that saw him match Aussie legend Jason Crump's all-time series record of 23 wins. He smashed that record with victory at the 3P Logistics FIM Speedway GP of Sweden - Malilla on June 15, before extending it with wins in Riga and Torun in the closing rounds of 2024. Zmarzlik cemented his spot among the sport's greats by sealing his fifth Speedway GP world title in Vojens on September 14 - becoming only the second rider in history after New Zealand legend Ivan Mauger to win gold three years in a row. He bids to match Mauger and Swedish great Tony Rickardsson's all-time record haul of six world titles in 2025.