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Wybrzeże Gdańsk
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
Individual Polish Champion 1979, 1984, 1985

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[edit]

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[edit]

• Coach/Manager:  POL Grzegorz Dzikowski


• Seniors:
  
  
  
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     POL Kamil Brzozowski
    
  
  
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     POL Oskar Fajfer
    
  
  
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     RUS Renat Gafurov
    
  
  
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     POL Krzysztof Jabłoński
    
  
  
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     CZE Eduard Krcmar
    
  
  
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     SWE Linus Sundström
    
  
  
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     DEN Anders Thomsen
    
  
  
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     SWE Magnus Zetterström
    
  
  
  
  


• Juniors:
  
  
  
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     POL Patryk Beśko
  
  
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     POL Aureliusz Bieliński
  
  
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     POL Dominik Kossakowski
  
  
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     POL Dawid Wawrzyniak
  
  
  
  

Honours[edit]

Other Sections[edit]

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[edit]

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 - shot put, 1966 European Athletics Championships
  

Basketball[edit]

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
      
    
    
    
    
  
  

Boxing[edit]

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)
    
    
    
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      Zenon Stefaniuk, 1953 & 1955
    
    
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      Hubert Skrzypczak, 1968
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 3 Runners-up titles (Silver Medals)
    
    
    
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      Bogdan Węgrzyniak, 1953
    
    
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      Henryk Dampc, 1959
    
    
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      Hubert Skrzypczak, 1965
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 1 Bronze Medal
    
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      Aleksy Antkiewicz (1953)
    
    
  
  
  
  

Gymnastics[edit]

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[edit]

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

Wybrzeże match in the 2013/14 season

Team[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Squad for the 2018–19 season

Judo[edit]

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
  
  
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    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
    
    
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      Janusz Pawłowski: 1982, 1983, 1986
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

Other Sections[edit]

There were 5 other sections of the club, however they were very short-lived and without any major sporting success.

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  Football (1945-1961)


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  Volleyball (1945-1969)


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  Cycling (1945-1955)


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  Motorcycle club (1948-1955)


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  Wrestling (1951-1955)

See also[edit]

• Speedway in Poland


• Gdańsk

External links[edit]

• LotosGdansk.pl - Official website (in Polish)