Rafał Szombierski
{{short description|Polish speedway rider}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| image =
| name = Rafał Szombierski
| nationality = Polish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|3|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pyskowice, Poland
| career1 = Poland
| years2 = 1999–2007, 2014–2017
| career2 = Rybnik
| years3 = 2008
| career3 = Rivne
| years4 = 2010–2014
| career4 = Częstochowa
| indivyear1 = 2003
| indivhonour1 = World U-21bronze
| teamyear1 = 2004
| teamhonour1 = European Pairs Championship bronze
}}
Rafał Szombierski (born 12 March 1982 in Pyskowice, Poland) is a Polish former motorcycle speedway rider.
Career
Szombierski rode in the Team Speedway Polish Championship for Rybnik from 1999 to 2007 and for Rivne Speedway in 2008. After missing 2009 he joined Włókniarz Częstochowa for five seasons before returning to Rybnik, where he spent the remainder of his career from 2015 to 2017.{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/rafal-szombierski/ |title=Rafał Szombierski |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=13 September 2024 }}
Szombierski won the bronze medal at the 2001 Speedway Under-21 World Championship held on 26 August at the East of England Showground in England.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005283/20010831/791/0091 |title=Lukas second in under 21 world final |website=Bicester Review |date=31 August 2001 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 September 2024}}
In 2022, he was sentenced to nine years in prison while driving under the influence of alcohol and causing a serious accident.{{cite web |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/zuzel/zuzel-szombierski-definitywnie-skazany-uratowalo-go-ze-nie-mial-majatku-i-byl/wykfteb |title=Reprezentant Polski skazany. Uratowało go, że nie miał majątku i był bezrobotny |website=Przegląd Sportowy Onet |access-date=13 September 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://sport.interia.pl/zuzel/news-wielki-talent-ktory-skonczyl-w-wiezieniu,nId,5886772#google_vignette |title=Wielki talent, który skończył w więzieniu |website=Interia Sport |access-date=13 September 2024 }}
Results
= Speedway Grand Prix =
{{SGP Career|2003|W|POS=42 |PTS=2 |No=24 |event=
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}}
{{SGP Career/key}}
= [[Individual Speedway Junior World Championship|World Under-21 Championship]] =
= [[Individual Speedway European Championship|Individual European Championship]] =
- 2002 - 3rd place (11 points +3)
= [[European Pairs Speedway Championship|European Pairs Championship]] =
- 2004 - 3rd place (9 points +2)
= [[Polish Pairs Speedway Junior Championship|Polish Under-21 Pairs Championship]] =
= [[Team Speedway Junior Polish Championship|Polish Under-21 Team Championship]] =
= [[Bronze Helmet (Poland)|Bronze Helmet]] (U-19) =
- 2001 - Winner
See also
References
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Category:Polish speedway riders
Category:People from Pyskowice
Category:Motorcycle racers from Silesian Voivodeship
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