Maksym Drabik (born 22 February 1998) is an international speedway rider from Poland.[1]

Maksym Drabik
Born (1998-02-22) 22 February 1998 (age 26)
Częstochowa, Poland
NationalityPolish
Career history
Poland
2017–2020Wrocław
2022Lublin
2023–2024Czestochowa
Sweden
2017–2019, 2022Lejonen
2023–2024Smederna
Individual honours
2017, 2019World Under-21 Champion

Speedway career

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Drabik won the gold medal at the World Under-21 Championship in the 2017 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship[2][3] and the 2019 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship.[4]

In 2021, he was banned for breaking anti-doping rules (vitamin injection) by the Polish Doping Agency, the ban was back dated from 30 October 2020 (when he was initially suspended) to the 30 October 2021.[5][6] In 2022, he helped Lublin win the 2022 Ekstraliga.[7]

World final appearances

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World Under-21 Championship

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Family

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His father Sławomir Drabik was also a Polish international speedway rider.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "MAKSYM DRABIK #133". SpeedwayU21. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "2017 FIM Speedway Under 21 World Championship Calendar". FIM. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ "World Under 21 Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Rider Statistics - 2019". GB Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  5. ^ "The speedway star is suspended for a year after the injections". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  6. ^ "MAKSYM DRABIK suspended one year for doping". po-bandzie. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  7. ^ "2022 results". PGE Ekstraliga. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  8. ^ "MAKSYM-UM POTENTIAL". FIM. Retrieved 16 July 2021.