Antonín Šváb Sr.

Antonín Šváb Sr.
Born12 June 1932 (1932-06-12)
Czechoslovakia
Died21 November 2014(2014-11-21) (aged 82)
NationalityCzech
Career history
Czechoslovakia
1960Ústí nad Labem
1969–1971Rudá Hvězda Praha
Individual honours
1970Ice Speedway World Champion
1972Ice Speedway silver medal
1966Ice Speedway bronze medal
1968, 1972European Longtrack finalist

Antonín Šváb Sr. (12 June 1932 – 21 November 2014) was an international speedway rider from Czechoslovakia.[1][2]

Speedway career

Antonín Šváb Sr. was an Individual Ice Speedway World Championship world champion winning the 1970 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.[3][4]

Like many Czech riders of the time, the Czechsolovak authorities rarely allowed riders to compete for British league teams but they did allow club sides such as Prague to tour the United Kingdom, which allowed Šváb to race in Britain in 1967.[5][6]

He died in 2014.[7]

World final appearances

Individual Ice World Championship

World Longtrack Championship

Family

His son Antonín Šváb Jr. was also a Czech international speedway rider.

References

  1. ^ "Antonin Svab snr". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 531. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  4. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  5. ^ "Speedway Czechs meet King's Lynn". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 4 August 1967. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Czechs are coming". Lynn Advertiser. 23 March 1967. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "REMEMBERING THOSE, WHO LEFT..." Speedway Euro. Retrieved 17 July 2021.


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