Meanwhile, ski jumper Dawid Kubacki, who won a world championship gold in Austria in March, was voted the sporting highlight of the year in a poll by listeners.
Another honour went to rising tennis star Iga Świątek, who was hailed as “the biggest hope of Polish sports” during the awards ceremony at Polish Radio’s Agnieszka Osiecka Music Studio in Warsaw.
The Polish Radio Sports Awards were presented for the third time.
The annual Polish Radio Sports Awards were handed out for the third time. Image: Polish Radio
Speedway rider Zmarzlik was last month named as Polish athlete of the year for 2019 in an annual poll held by sports newspaper Przegląd Sportowy and private television broadcaster Polsat.
The sport of speedway has many fans in the country, and Zmarzlik, 24, last year became the third Pole to win a world title, after Jerzy Szczakiel in 1973 and Tomasz Gollob in 2010.
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Source: IAR