The Tournament for Bolesław Chrobry Crown - First King of Poland is an annual motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...

 event organized by the Start Gniezno

Start Gniezno

Towarzystwo Żużlowe Start Gniezno is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Gniezno who currently race in First League .- 2011 Squad :...

, which is a motorcycle speedway team. The tournament is held each year in the Start Gniezno Stadium in Gniezno

Gniezno

Gniezno is a city in central-western Poland, some 50 km east of Poznań, inhabited by about 70,000 people. One of the Piasts' chief cities, it was mentioned by 10th century A.D. sources as the capital of Piast Poland however the first capital of Piast realm was most likely Giecz built around...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 (the first capital of Poland). The tournament is named after Bolesław I the Brave, the first King of Poland (1025), who previously ruled as Duke of Poland (992-1025).

Podium

Year	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
2008 details 2008 Bolesław Chrobry Tournament The 1st Tournament for Bolesław Chrobry Crown - First King of Poland was the 2008 version of the Bolesław Chrobry Tournament. It took place on 29 June in the Start Gniezno Stadium in Gniezno, Poland. The Tournament was won by Rafał Dobrucki who beat Rafał Okoniewski and Sebastian Ułamek...	Rafał Dobrucki  Kronopol Zielona Góra ZKZ Zielona Góra Falubaz Zielona Góra is a Polish speedway team based in Zielona Góra who currently races in Speedway Ekstraliga. The club has won Polish Speedway League five times . It is commonly known as Falubaz due to one of its former names....	Rafał Okoniewski  Polonia Bydgoszcz Polonia Bydgoszcz ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish speedway team based in Bydgoszcz who currently race in the Speedway Ekstraliga . The club has won the Polish Speedway League Championship seven times, the latest in 2002, and European Team Championship three times, the latest in 2001.- Club history :* 1920 -...	Sebastian Ułamek  Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa
2009 details 2009 Bolesław Chrobry Tournament The 2nd Tournament for Bolesław Chrobry Crown - First King of Poland was the 2009 version of the Bolesław Chrobry Tournament. It was took place on 23 May in the Start Gniezno Stadium in Gniezno, Poland. The draw was made on 15 May in the Gniezno' Old Square. The Tournament was won by Greg Hancock...	Greg Hancock Greg Hancock Gregory Alan "Greg" Hancock is an American motorcycle speedway rider.He is a current Speedway World Champion and a multiple World Team champion with USA, with whom he is currently captain...   Złomrex Włókniarz Częstochowa	Adrian Miedziński Adrian Miedzinski Adrian Miedziński is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider has won Team Under-21 World Champion and Individual Under-21 Polish Champion titles.His father, Stanisław Miedziński was also a speedway rider....   Unibax Toruń KS Torun KS Toruń is a Polish speedway team from Toruń, Poland. Formerly known as Apator Toruń .- Team Information :* Full name: Klub Sportowy Toruń Unibax SA* Address: 87-100 Toruń, ul. Pera Jonssona 7...	Rune Holta Rune Holta Rune Holta , grew up in Randaberg Norway. He is an international speedway rider who has been a Polish citizen since 2002, allowing him to represent Poland in international competitions and was a member of their Speedway World Cup winning teams in 2005, 2007 & 2010...   Caelum Stal Gorzów Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski - Famous riders :- External links :*...
2010 details 2010 Bolesław Chrobry Tournament The 3rd Tournament for Bolesław Chrobry Crown - First King of Poland was the 2010 version of the Bolesław Chrobry Tournament. It took place on 29 May at the Start Gniezno Stadium in Gniezno, Poland. The Tournament was won by Pole Tomasz Gollob, whoe beat Rune Holta, Nicki Pedersen and Greg Hancock...	Tomasz Gollob Tomasz Gollob Tomasz Gollob is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who has appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series since its inaugural season in 1995. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rider.-Career summary:...   Caelum Stal Gorzów Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski - Famous riders :- External links :*...	Rune Holta Rune Holta Rune Holta , grew up in Randaberg Norway. He is an international speedway rider who has been a Polish citizen since 2002, allowing him to represent Poland in international competitions and was a member of their Speedway World Cup winning teams in 2005, 2007 & 2010...   Włókniarz Częstochowa	Nicki Pedersen Nicki Pedersen Nicki Pedersen is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He has won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008 and was a World Cup winner with Denmark in 2006 and 2008. His brother, Ronni Pedersen, has also ridden in the Speedway Grand Prix and World Cup.-Domestic teams:Pedersen began speedway...   Caelum Stal Gorzów Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski - Famous riders :- External links :*...
Year	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place

External links

• (Polish) Official webside