Mateusz Szczepaniak (born 10 February 1987 is a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider. He won the Team Under 21 World Championship with the Poland speedway team.
Career Szczepaniak first rode in the 2003 Polish speedway season when riding for Polonia Piła in the Team Speedway Polish Championship. In subsequent seasons, he then rode for Włókniarz Częstochowa, Poznań, Łódź, Polonia Bydgoszcz, Ostrów, Kraków and ŻKS ROW Rybnik.
In 2012, Szczepaniak was due to sign for Poole Pirates in the British leagues after riding one match for them in 2011, but the deal fell through and he signed for the King's Lynn Stars instead. He rode a few matches for Coventry Bees in 2013 before returning to British speedway with Poole in 2018.
In 2022, Szczepaniak helped Wilki Krosno win the 2022 1.Liga. The following season, he signed for GKM Grudziądz for the 2023 Polish speedway season and joined Rospiggarna mid-way through the 2024 Swedish speedway season.
Family Szczepaniak's elder brother Michał is also a speedway rider.
Honours Individual U-21 World Championship 2008 - 10th place in Semi-Final 1 (7 points) Team U-21 World Championship 2007 - World Champion (9 points) Individual U-19 European Championship 2006 - 11th place (6 points) European Club Champions' Cup 2004 - European Champion (track reserve) Individual U-21 Polish Championship 2008 - Rybnik - 9th place (7 points) Team Polish Championship 2004 - 3rd place 2005 - 3rd place 2006 - 2nd place 2007 - 5th place - CMA 5.57 (details) Team U-21 Polish Championship 2008 - Leszno - Bronze medal (11 points) Polish Silver Helmet (U-21) 2008 - Rzeszów - 4th place (11+N points) Bronze Helmet (U-19) 2006 - Winner
See also Poland national speedway team
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