Antonín Šváb Sr.
Appearance
Born | 12 June 1932 Czechoslovakia |
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Died | 21 November 2014 | (aged 82)
Nationality | Czech |
Career history | |
Czechoslovakia | |
1960 | Ústí nad Labem |
1969–1971 | Rudá Hvězda Praha |
Individual honours | |
1970 | Ice Speedway World Champion |
1972 | Ice Speedway silver medal |
1966 | Ice Speedway bronze medal |
1968, 1972 | European Longtrack finalist |
Antonín Šváb Sr. (12 June 1932 – 21 November 2014) was an international speedway rider from Czechoslovakia.[1][2]
Speedway career
[edit]Antonín Šváb Sr. was an Individual Ice Speedway World Championship world champion winning the 1970 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.[3][4]
He died in 2014.[5]
World final appearances
[edit]Individual Ice World Championship
[edit]- 1966 - 2 rounds - 3rd - 39pts
- 1967 - 3 rounds - 4th - 43pts
- 1968 - 2 rounds - 5th - 44pts
- 1969 - Inzell - 4th - 12pts
- 1970 - Nässjö - 1st - 15pts
- 1972 - Nässjö - 2nd - 14pts
- 1973 - Inzell - 10th - 13pts
World Longtrack Championship
[edit]Family
[edit]His son Antonín Šváb Jr. was also a Czech international speedway rider.
References
[edit]- ^ "Antonin Svab snr". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 531. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "REMEMBERING THOSE, WHO LEFT..." Speedway Euro. Retrieved 17 July 2021.