Maksym Drabik
{{Short description|Polish speedway rider}}
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{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Maksym Drabik
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| nationality = Polish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|2|22}}
| birth_place = Częstochowa, Poland
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| career1 = Poland
| career2 = Wrocław
| years2 = 2017–2020
| career3 = Lublin
| years3 = 2022
| career4 = Czestochowa
| years4 = 2023–2024
| career5 = Sweden
| years6 = 2017–2019, 2022
| career6 = Lejonen
| years7 = 2023–2024
| career7 = Smederna
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| indivyear1 =2017, 2019
| indivhonour1 = World Under-21 Champion
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Maksym Drabik (born 22 February 1998) is an international speedway rider from Poland.{{cite web |url=http://speedwayu21.com/en/rider/15/drabik--133-maksym.html|title=MAKSYM DRABIK #133|website=SpeedwayU21|access-date=16 July 2021}}
Speedway career
Drabik won the gold medal at the World Under-21 Championship in the 2017 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship{{cite news|url=http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/calendar/speedway-under-21/|title=2017 FIM Speedway Under 21 World Championship Calendar|publisher=FIM|access-date=16 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-under-21-championship.html|title=World Under 21 Championship|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=16 July 2021}} and the 2019 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbspeedway.com/2019/riderperf.php?mc1=x&mc2=x&mc3=ht&mc4=x&rider=Maksym%20Drabik&league=1&sort=date&comp=GP&club=|title=Rider Statistics - 2019|website=GB Speedway|access-date=16 July 2021}}
In 2021, he was banned for breaking anti-doping rules (vitamin injection) by the Polish Doping Agency, the ban was back dated from 30 October 2020 (when he was initially suspended) to the 30 October 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/kRp7b6/speedwaystjarnan-stangs-av-i-ett-ar-efter-injektionerna |title=The speedway star is suspended for a year after the injections |website=Aftonbladet |access-date=8 September 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://po-bandzie.com.pl/drabik-suspended-one-year-for-doping/|title=MAKSYM DRABIK suspended one year for doping|website=po-bandzie|date=2 February 2021 |access-date=16 July 2021}} In 2022, he helped Lublin win the 2022 Ekstraliga.{{cite web |url=https://speedwayekstraliga.pl/en/fixtures-results/pge-ekstraliga/?y=2022 |title=2022 results |website=PGE Ekstraliga |access-date=5 January 2023}}
World final appearances
=World Under-21 Championship=
Family
His father Sławomir Drabik was also a Polish international speedway rider.{{cite web |url=http://fim-awards.com/the-champions/2017/10/5/maksym-drabik|title=MAKSYM-UM POTENTIAL|website=FIM|access-date=16 July 2021}}
References
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Category:Polish speedway riders
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