Jan Holub I Explained

Jan Holub I
Nationality:	Czech
Birth Date:	12 August 1942
Birth Place:	České Budějovice, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Death Place:	České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Career1:	Czechoslovakia
Years2:	1969
Career2:	Slaný
Career3:	Great Britain
Career4:	Exeter Falcons
Years4:	1969-1970
Indivyear1:	1968, 1969
Indivhonour1:	Czechoslovak champion

Jan Holub I (12 August 1942 – 18 February 2018) was a motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic.^[1] He was capped 12 times by the Czechoslovakian national speedway team.^[2]

Speedway career

Holub was a two times champion of the Czechoslovakia, winning the 1968 and 1969 Czechoslovak Individual Speedway Championship.^{[3] [4] [5]}

In 1967, he was part of the Prague team that toured the United Kingdom.^[6]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for Exeter Falcons from 1969 until 1970.^[7]

World Final appearances

World Pairs Championship

• 1969 - Stockholm (with Zdeněk Majstr) - 5th - 12pts (8)
• 1972 - Borås (with Jiří Štancl) - 6th - 12pts (5)
• 1974 – Manchester, Hyde Road (with Jan Hadek) – 7th – 6pts (3)

World Team Cup

• 1968 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Jaroslav Volf) - 4th - 7pts
• 1970 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Zdeněk Majstr / Jiří Štancl / Miloslav Verner / Václav Verner) - 4th - 3pts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 2 July 2021.
2. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 12 August 2023.
3. Book: Oakes, Peter. 1981 Speedway Yearbook. 1981. 78. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. 0-86215-017-5.
4. Web site: Czech champions. Speedway Stats. 31 January 2011 . 29 March 2024.
5. Web site: Individual Czechoslovak Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. 24 March 2024.
6. News: Speedway Czechs meet King's Lynn . Peterborough Evening Telegraph . 4 August 1967 . 17 August 2024. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
7. Web site: History Archive. British Speedway. 2 July 2021.