Przemysław Pawlicki

Pawlicki passed his speedway license (Licencja "Ż") in 2008, as a 16-year-old.[2] On 20 July 2008, he rode in his first meeting in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga, representing Unia Lesznoand scoring 11 points.[3] In total he rode in 20 heats (5 meetings) and scored 31 points and 3 bonus points (averaging 1.700).[3] He participated in the Team Under-21 Polish Championship for Leszno, at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium. Pawlicki scored a maximum 15 points and was the fastest rider in the meeting (60.6 secs in Heat 5) as Leszno won the event.[3] In total, he scored 51 points in 21 heats (averaging 2.429).[3] Leszno won the Under-21 Speedway Ekstraliga (Liga Juniorów) and Pawlicki finished third in the Ekstraliga U-21 Individual Championship (13 points and second in Run-Off).[3]

In the Polish Pairs Under-21 Championship final he scored 13 points, with Leszno finishing fifth[3] and was fourth in the Individual Under-21 Polish Championship, scoring 11 points. Weekly "Tygodnik Żużlowy" (Speedway Weekly) awarded him as Revelation of the Year.[4] Speedway chapter of Main Commission of Speedway Sport (part of the Polish Motor Union) awarded him and Maciej Janowski for one of the best debut seasons in Polish speedway history.[5]

In 2009, he again rode for Unia Leszno[1] and made his debut in the Individual Polish Championship. He also rode in the German Bundesliga for AC Landshut, winning the league final.[6] On 11 July, he won the Individual U-19 European Championship Final and later Pawlicki helped the Polish U21 team win the Team U-19 European Championship Final and successfully defend their World Championship title at Under-21 Speedway World Cup. Pawlicki finishing Poland's top scorer with a maximum 15 points. His season finished early after a crash during a Junior meeting in Gorzów Wielkopolski.[7]

In 2010, Pawlicki's left Unia Leszno to join Caelum Stal Gorzów for the 2010 Speedway Ekstraliga.[8][9] He also made his British, Swedish and Danish league debuts, riding for Coventry Bees in the Elite League,[10] Rospiggarna Hallstavik in the Swedish Elitserien[11] and Holsted Tigers in the Danish Superliga.[12] He was instrumental in helping Coventry win the Elite League Title, beating Poole 101-79 in the two leg play-off final. He competed as a wild card" for the 2010 Under-21 World Championship.[13]

In 2011, he won the bronze medal at the 2011 Speedway Under-21 World Championship and finished second in the Polish Individual Speedway Championship. In 2015, he won a bronze medal at the Speedway World Cup.

In August 2017, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qualification he won the GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix.[14] He also finished runner-up again in the Polish Individual Speedway Championship.

In 2023, he signed for Piraterna in the Swedish Elitserien.[15] In October 2023, he paired up with Szymon Woźniak to become the European Pairs champion.[16]

His father Piotr Pawlicki, Sr. (born 31 July 1963) was also a speedway rider. Przemysław's brother Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. (born 30 November 1994) is also a professional rider.[17]

• Poland national speedway team (U21, U19)
• Speedway in Poland