Luboš Tomíček, Sr. (1934-1968) was an international speedway rider from Czechoslovakia.[1]
 Grave of Luboš Tomíček Sr., five times champion of Czechoslovakia as a Red Star Prague rider | |
| Born | 16 August 1934 Czechoslovakia |
|---|---|
| Died | 21 October 1968 (aged 34) Pardubice, Czechoslovakia |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Career history | |
| Czechoslovakia | |
| 1958-1968 | Rudá Hvězda Praha |
| Individual honours | |
| 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 | Czechoslovak champion |
| 1964 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Speedway career
editTomíček reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2] He was also the captain of the Czechoslovakian team[3] and champion of Czechoslovakia five times from 1961 until 1965 after winning the Czechoslovakian Championship.[4][5]
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 Tomíček to race in Britain in 1967, where he was captained the Prague team.[6]
During the 1968 Golden Helmet of Pardubice he was killed in an accident after falling directly under the wheels of the speedway rider behind him. An annual memorial event has been held in his memory since.[7]
World final appearances
editIndividual World Championship
edit- 1965 –
London, Wembley Stadium – 16th – 2pts
World Team Cup
edit- 1960 -
Göteborg, Ullevi (with Jaroslav Machač / František Richter / Antonín Kasper Sr.) - 3rd - 15pts (4)[8] - 1961 -
Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Stanislav Svoboda / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 4th - 12pts (7) - 1962 -
Slaný, Slaný Speedway Stadium (with Bedřich Slaný / Karel Průša / Jaroslav Volf / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 4th - 16pts (7) - 1963 -
Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Stanislav Kubíček / Miroslav Šmíd / Antonín Kasper Sr. - 2nd - 27pts (5) - 1968 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Jaroslav Volf] / Jan Holub I) - 4th' - 7pts (2)
Family
editHis grandson Luboš Tomíček Jr. (born 1986) was also an international speedway rider.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Czechoslovakia team for Long Eaton". Long Eaton Advertiser. 30 June 1967. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 78. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "Czech champions". Speedway Stats. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway Czechs meet King's Lynn". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 4 August 1967. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Luboš Tomíček". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway". Daily Mirror. 3 September 1960. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.