GKŻ Wybrzeże
Wybrzeże Gdańsk | |||
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Club information | |||
Track address |
ul. Długie Ogrody Gdańsk | ||
Country | Poland | ||
Founded | 1957 | ||
Team manager | Grzegorz Dzikowski | ||
Team captain | Renat Gafurov | ||
League | First League | ||
Website | Official website | ||
Club facts | |||
Colours | Red - White - Blue | ||
Track size | 349 metres (382 yd) | ||
Track record time | 61.28 seconds | ||
Track record date | 2011-08-21 | ||
Track record holder | Darcy Ward | ||
Major team honours | |||
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Gdański Klub Żużlowy "Wybrzeże" (Gdańsk Coast Speedway Club) is a Polish multi-sports club most known for the motorcycle speedway team based in Gdańsk who race in the Extraleague (1st Division). The only other existing section of the club is the men's handball team.
Stadium
The Speedway Stadium is located on ulica Długie Ogrody. It contains 15,000 seats and the track is 349 metres (382 yd) long with a granite surface. The track record of 61.28 seconds was made by Darcy Ward on 21 August 2011.
2016 Team Squad
- Coach/Manager: POL Grzegorz Dzikowski
- Seniors:
- POL Kamil Brzozowski
- POL Oskar Fajfer
- RUS Renat Gafurov
- POL Krzysztof Jabłoński
- CZE Eduard Krcmar
- SWE Linus Sundström
- DEN Anders Thomsen
- SWE Magnus Zetterström
- Juniors:
Honours
Competitions | Total | Golden medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | |||
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Total | Years | Total | Years | Total | Years | ||
Team (DMP) (since 1948) |
6 | 4 | 1960, 1967, 1978, 1985 | 2 | 1965, 1997 | ||
Team U-21 (MDMP) (since 1978) |
4 | 1 | 1983 | 2 | 1978, 1980 | 1 | 1984 |
Pairs (MPPK) (since 1974) |
6 | 1 | 1985 | 2 | 1986, 2000 | 3 | 1984, 1987, 2004 |
Pairs U-21 (MMPPK) (1980 U-23; since 1983) |
3 | 1 | 1989 | 2 | 1983, 2000 | ||
Individual (IMP) (since 1948) |
10 | 3 | 1979, 1984, 1985 | 4 | 1960, 1961, 1981, 1983 | 3 | 1963, 1989, 1994 |
Individual U-21 (MIMP) (since 1967) |
7 | 1 | 1980 | 6 | 1970, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989 | ||
Total Polish Championship medals: 36 | Gold: 7 | Silver: 14 | Bronze: 15 | ||||
Competitions | Total | I place | II place | III place | |||
Total | Years | Total | Years | Total | Years | ||
European Club (KPE) (since 1998) |
0 | ||||||
Team Cup (DPP) (?) |
1 | 1 | 1989 | ||||
Golden Helmet (ZK) (since 1961) |
2 | 2 | 1962, 1978 | ||||
Silver Helmet U-21 (SK) (since 1966) |
2 | 2 | 1981, 1988 | ||||
Bronze Helmet U-19 (BK) (1976-81; since 1983) |
2 | 2 | 1981, 1988 |
Other Sections
The club had many other sections over the years, out of which only the speedway team survived throughout the club's history. The men's handball team has been revived in 2010.
Athletics
The athletics team competed between 1945-1971. The clubs achievements were:
- 22 Senior Polish Championship Titles
- European Championships Vice-Champion: Władysław Nikiciuk - javelin, 1966 European Athletics Championships
- European Championships Bronze Medal: Władysław Komar - shotput, 1966 European Athletics Championships
Basketball
There was a men's section which existed between 1949-1995. The club made a brief re-appearance 2007-2009 before it folded once more. The club's honours include:
- 4x Polish Champions: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978
- 3x Polish Cup Winners: 1976, 1978, 1979
- 3 Individual European Championship medals
- Zbigniew Dregier
- Silver: Wrocław 1963
- Bronze: Moscow 1965, Helsinki 1967
- Zbigniew Dregier
Boxing
The section existed between 1945-1990. Their honours included:
- 21 Individual Polish Senior Championship titles
- 3 Olympic Medals
- Silver: Aleksy Antkiewicz, Helsinki 1952
- Bronze: Aleksy Antkiewicz, London 1948
- Bronze: Hubert Skrzypczak, Mexico City 1968
- European Championships
- 3 titles (Gold Medals)
- Zenon Stefaniuk, 1953 & 1955
- Hubert Skrzypczak, 1968
- 3 Runners-up titles (Silver Medals)
- Bogdan Węgrzyniak, 1953
- Henryk Dampc, 1959
- Hubert Skrzypczak, 1965
- 1 Bronze Medal
- Aleksy Antkiewicz (1953)
- 3 titles (Gold Medals)
Gymnastics
The section only existed for 4 years between 1952-1956. Lidia Szczerbińska won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne whilst representing the club.
Handball
The women's section existed only briefly between 1952-1963, however the men's team competed between 1951-2002, during which it was one of the most successful handball teams in the country, including a 5-year dominance which saw the club win 5 titles 1984-1988. The section was revived in 2010 in an attempt to restore its former glory, which include this list of achievements:
- 10x Polish Champions: 1966, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001
- 2x European Runners-up: 1985, 1986
- 2 Individual Bronze World Championship Medals
Judo
The section existed between 1958-2002. Club honours of the section are:
- 45 Individual Polish Championship Titles
- 11 Team Polish Championship titles
- 2 Olympic Medals
- Silver: Janusz Pawłowski, Seoul 1988
- Bronze: Janusz Pawłowski, Moscow 1980
- 4 World Judo Championship Bronze Medals
- Antoni Reiter: 1973
- Janusz Pawłowski: 1979, 1983, 1987
- 10 European Championship Medals
- 1 Gold Medal
- Antoni Reiter: 1975
- 1 Silver Medal
- Antoni Reiter: 1974
- 8 Bronze Medals
- Antoni Reiter: 1976
- Jan Okrój: 1963
- Kazimierz Jaremczak: 1965
- Czesław Kur: 1968, 1969
- Janusz Pawłowski: 1982, 1983, 1986
- 1 Gold Medal
Other Sections
There were 5 other sections of the club, however they were very short-lived and without any major sporting success.
- Football (1945-1961)
- Volleyball (1945-1969)
- Cycling (1945-1955)
- Motorcycle club (1948-1955)
- Wrestling (1951-1955)