Antonín Šváb Jr. | |
Nationality: | Czech |
Birth Date: | 9 June 1974 |
Birth Place: | Vlašim, Czechoslovakia |
Career1: | Great Britain |
Years2: | 1994-1995, 2005 |
Career2: | Exeter Falcons |
Years3: | 1996 |
Career3: | Middlesbrough Bears |
Career4: | Poland |
Years5: | 1997 |
Years6: | 1999-2003 |
Career6: | Zielona Góra |
Indivyear1: | 2001 |
Indivhonour1: | Argentinian Champion |
Teamyear1: | 1999 - Runner-up |
Teamyear2: | 1998 - Runner-up |
Teamhonour2: | European Club Champions' Cup |
Antonín "Toni" Šváb Jr. (born 9 June 1974)[1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He earned 4 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team.[2]
Šváb won a silver medal in the 1999 Speedway World Team Cup for the Czech Republic. He has entered in three Individual Under-21 World Championship finals (1993–1995) and has started in the Speedway Grand Prix and the Speedway World Cup.
In 2001, he won the Argentine Championship.[3]
On 8 January 2006 Šváb suffered very serious accident during a race in Argentina. He spent a month in a coma on life support and after recovery remained partially paralyzed on his left side, his short-term memory was damaged and eventually was given partial invalid retirement. In the middle of 2008, reflecting worsened health situation, Šváb decided to end his sport activities.[4] [5]
Šváb's father, Antonín Šváb Sr., also a speedway rider, was the winner of the Individual Ice Racing World Champion title in 1970.