Jan Kvěch

Jan Kvěch
Born18 October 2001 (2001-10-18) (age 23)
Strakonice, Czech Republic
NationalityCzech
Career history
Czech Republic
2024Prague
Poland
2020-2024Zielona Góra
2021Krosno
2023Rybnik
Sweden
2022Masarna
2023Lejonen
Great Britain
2024King's Lynn Stars
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
SGP Number201
Starts16
Finalist0 times
Winner0 times
Individual honours
2024Czech Republic champion
2022World Under-21 runner-up
2019, 2020European U19 Champion
Team honours
2024European U23 Championship silver

Jan Kvěch (born 18 October 2001) is a Czech international speedway rider.[1][2] He is a member of the Czech Republic national speedway team.

Career

Kvěch won the bronze medal at the Czech Republic Championship in 2019. He qualified for the 2021 Speedway Grand Prix[3] and won the 2020 European Individual Speedway Under 19 Championship.[4]

He won the silver medal at the World Under-21 Championship in the 2022 SGP2[5] and a silver medal at the 2022 Czech National Championship.[6]

In 2023, he was part of the Czech team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland.[7] Also in 2023, by finishing fifth in the Grand Prix Challenge, he sealed a place in the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix.[8]

In 2024, he made his British debut riding for King's Lynn Stars in the SGB Premiership 2024,[9] rode for the Czech Republic during the 2024 Speedway of Nations (world team championship)[10] and won the silver medal at the 2024 European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship.[11] He finished the season in style after becoming the champion of his country, winning the 2024 Czech Republic title.[12]

Major results

World individual Championship

References

  1. ^ "JAN KVECH". Speedway Under 21. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Jan Kvěch". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. ^ "KVECH SET FOR COLLARBONE SURGERY". SpeedwayGP. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ^ "European U19 Individual Speedway Cup: Jan Kvech wins the final in Slovakia". FIM. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Żużel. Mateusz Cierniak indywidualnym mistrzem świata juniorów". sport.tvp.pl. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Speedway from around the globe". Speedway Star. 22 October 2022. p. 46.
  7. ^ "WELCOME TO SWC". FIM. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Nine nations represented as 2024 Speedway GP line-up is confirmed". FIM Europe. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Jan-tastic!". Speedway Star. 22 June 2024. p. 22.
  10. ^ "Antti Vuolas called up for Finland in Speedway of Nations". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Medals for the young from Stal and Falubaz. Champions title for the Poles". Gazeta Lubuska. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Kvech claims first Czech title". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 21 September 2024.