Antonín Šváb Sr. Explained

Antonín Šváb Sr.
Nationality:	Czech
Birth Date:	12 June 1932
Birth Place:	Czechoslovakia
Career1:	Czechoslovakia
Career2:	Ústí nad Labem
Years2:	1960
Career3:	Rudá Hvězda Praha
Years3:	1969–1971
Indivyear1:	1970
Indivhonour1:	Ice Speedway World Champion
Indivyear2:	1972
Indivhonour2:	Ice Speedway silver medal
Indivyear3:	1966
Indivhonour3:	Ice Speedway bronze medal
Indivyear4:	1968, 1972
Indivhonour4:	European 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]}

In 1967, he was part of the Prague team that toured the United Kingdom.^[5]

He died in 2014.^[6]

World final appearances

Individual Ice World Championship

• 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

• 1968 Mühldorf (7th) 10pts
• 1972 Mühldorf (6th) 14pts

Family

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

Notes and References

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