Ondřej Smetana (speedway rider) explained

Ondřej Smetana
Nationality:	Czech
Birth Place:	Prague, Czech Republic
Indivyear1:	2019
Indivhonour1:	French Individual Speedway Championship
Teamhonour1:	Team Junior European Championship
Teamyear1:	2014

Ondřej Smetana (born 2 May 1995) is a motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Career

As a 16-year-old he won a bronze medal at the 2011 Speedway Youth World Championship. The following year he reached the final of the 2012 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship and in 2014 won a bronze medal at the Team Junior European Championship.

He reached the final of the 2016 Speedway Under-21 World Championship. He won the 2019 edition of the French Individual Speedway Championship.^[5]

Smetana signed for Newcastle Diamonds for the 2020 season but due to the COVID-19 pandemic he was unable to make his British leagues debut.^[6]

In 2021, he signed for Poole Pirates but once again did not make his British debut because of quarantine restrictions relating to COVID-19.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ondřej Smetana 2021 rider index . British Speedway . 9 June 2023.
2. Web site: Ondrej Smetana . PoBandzie . 9 June 2023.
3. Web site: Ondřej Smetana . Speedway News Cz . 9 June 2023.
4. Web site: Ondřej Smetana . Zuzelend . 9 June 2023.
5. Web site: Individual French Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego . 9 June 2023.
6. Web site: DIAMONDS SNAP UP SMETANA, SKORJA . Speedway Star . 9 June 2023.
7. Web site: Pirates snap up young Dane Benjamin Basso to replace Smetana . Daily Echo . 9 June 2023.