Martin Smolinski

Martin Smolinski (born 6 December 1984) is a German motorcycle speedway rider. He is three-times world longtrack champion and eight times champion of Germany.

Personal life Smolinski was born on 6 December 1984 in Munich, West Germany. He is of Polish descent through his paternal grandfather from Katowice which went to Munich during World War II.

Career Smolinski began riding in his natiove Germany for MSC Olching. He became the German junior champion in 2003 and after reaching the final 2003 Speedway Under-21 World Championship he signed for Coventry Bees in England.

Coventry retained Smolinski for the following two seasons and his form improved over the next two seasons. and in 2007 became the German Champion for the first time. Also in 2007, he won the league and cup double with Coventry during the 2007 Elite League speedway season.

Smolinski would win eight German speedway Championships but his finest success came in 2018 when he won the 2018 Individual Long Track World Championship.

In 2019, Smolinski was part of the German team, along with Lukas Fienhage and Max Dilger, that won the silver medal at the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.

In 2023, Smolinski was part of the German team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland. He then went on claim a second Individual Long Track World Championship and the silver medal at the 2023 Team Long Track World Championship.

In 2024, Smolinski successfully defended his World Longtrack title, winning three of the five rounds in the process.

Major results Speedway Speedway Grand Prix 2008 Speedway Grand Prix - 31st 2014 Speedway Grand Prix - 12th (81 pts) inc New Zealand GP win 2016 Speedway Grand Prix - 17th (8 pts) 2017 Speedway Grand Prix - 17th (25 pts) 2018 Speedway Grand Prix - 32nd (1 pt) 2019 Speedway Grand Prix - 26th (1 pt)

World team championship 2003 - 10th place (1 point in Event 1) 2004 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (14 points) 2005 - 8th place (2 points in Event 2) 2006 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (9 points) 2007 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (13 points) 2008 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (12 points) 2009 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 1 (10 points)

Other World U-21 World Championship 2003 - 15th place (2 points) 2004 - 6th place (9 points) 2005 - 15th place (2 points)

Team U-21 World Championship 2005 - 2nd in Qualifying Round 1 (8 points)

Longtrack Grand-Prix Series

World Longtrack Best Grand-Prix Results Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz First 2018, Second 2019 La Réole First 2019 Mariánské Lázně First 2011 Marmande First 2011, Third 2012 Mühldorf First 2018, 2019, Second 2016, Third 2014 Roden First 2018 Rzeszów First 2013 Vechta Second 2012

World Longtrack Team Championship 2010 Morizès (First) 49pts (rode with Matthias Kröger, Stephan Katt, Richard Speiser) 2011 Scheeßel (First) 56pts (rode with Stephan Katt, Richard Speiser, Jorg Tebbe) 2016 Mariánské Lázně (Runners-up) 44pts (rode with Michael Hartel, Jorg Tebbe, Stephan Katt)