| Milan Špinka | |
| Nationality: | Czech |
| Birth Date: | 1951 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Pardubice, Czechoslovakia |
| Death Place: | Czech Republic |
| Career1: | Czechoslovakia |
| Years2: | 1970–1983 |
| Career2: | Rudá Hvězda Praha |
| Career3: | Great Britain |
| Career4: | Ipswich Witches |
| Years4: | 1979 |
| Career5: | Swindon Robins |
| Years5: | 1979–1980, 1983 |
| Indivyear1: | 1974 |
| Indivhonour1: | Ice Speedway World Champion |
| Indivhonour2: | Golden Helmet of Pardubice |
| Indivyear2: | 1973 |
Milan Špinka (5 May 1951 – 14 August 2024) was a Czech speedway rider.[1] [2] He earned ten international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team.[3]
Špinka won the gold medal at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in the 1974 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.[4] He also won a silver and bronze medal at the Championships.[5]
In 1970, he was selected for the Czechoslovakia junior team for their tour of Britain.[6] In 1974, he represented his country in a test series against England.[7]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1979 to 1983, riding for Ipswich Witches and Swindon Robins.[8]
Nässjö, champion – 15 ptsHis father, Miloslav Špinka, was also an international speedway rider.[9]
Milan Špinka died on 14 August 2024, at the age of 73.[10]