| Marián Jirout | |
| Nationality: | Czech |
| Birth Date: | 23 July 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Pardubice, Czechoslovakia |
| Career1: | Poland |
| Years2: | 1998, 2000–2001 |
| Career2: | Tarnów |
| Years3: | 1999 |
| Career3: | Rawicz |
| Years4: | 2006–2007 |
| Career4: | Miskolc |
| Career5: | Great Britain |
| Years6: | 1995–1997, 1999, 2001 |
| Career6: | Peterborough |
| Years7: | 2002–2003 |
| Career7: | Somerset |
| Years8: | 2004 |
| Career8: | Newcastle |
| Years9: | 2007 |
| Career9: | Mildenhall |
Marián Jirout (born 23 July 1976 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia)[1] is a former motorcycle speedway from the Czech Republic.[2] [3] He earned 5 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team.[4]
Jirout first rode in the British leagues in 1995 for Peterborough Panthers.[5]
Jirout rode in the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix.[6] In Britain, he raced with the Peterborough Panthers for five seasons from 1995 to 2001.[4]
Following a car accident in January 2003 he was almost left paralysed. However, he recovered well enough to start riding again for Newcastle Diamonds during the 2004 season.[7]
In October 2007, during the Zlatá přilba race in Pardubice, he broke three vertebrae in a fall and decided to end career of rider.[8]
His father Jiří Jirout (1953–2000), also a speedway rider, won a silver medal in the 1979 Team Ice Racing World Championship.[9]
- 7th place (4th place in Race-off)