Antonín Kasper Jr. | |
Nationality: | Czech |
Birth Date: | 5 December 1962 |
Birth Place: | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Career1: | Czechoslovakia/Rep |
Career2: | Rudá Hvězda Praha |
Years2: | 1982–1989 |
Career3: | Olymp Praha |
Years3: | 1990–1994 |
Career4: | Great Britain |
Years5: | 1982–1983 |
Career5: | Hackney Hawks |
Years6: | 1984 |
Career6: | Eastbourne Eagles |
Career7: | Poland |
Years8: | 1990–1991 |
Career8: | Lublin |
Years9: | 1992–1996, 2000–2002 |
Career9: | Gniezno |
Years10: | 1997–1999 |
Career11: | Sweden |
Years12: | 1991–1992, 1996–1998 |
Career12: | Karlstad |
Years13: | 1999–2002 |
Career13: | Masarna |
Career14: | Denmark |
Years15: | 2001 |
Career15: | Brovst |
Indivyear1: | 1998 |
Indivhonour1: | Continental Champion |
Indivhonour2: | European Junior Champion |
Indivyear2: | 1982 |
Indivhonour3: | Golden Helmet of Pardubice (CZE) |
Indivyear3: | 1991 |
Antonín Kasper (5 December 1962 – 31 July 2006) also known as Toni Kasper during his racing career, was a Czech motorcycle speedway rider. He appeared in four Speedway World Championship finals and featured in four Speedway Grand Prix series.[1] He earned 42 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team and 15 caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team.[2]
Kasper won the 1982 European Under-21 Championship at the Rottalstadion in Pocking, West Germany. He won the title, after finishing on 14 points.[3]
On 25 July 1998, he won the Continental Final, which formed part of the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification.[4]
Kasper rode in the United Kingdom for the Hackney Hawks from 1982 until their closure the following season at the end of 1983.[5] He rode for Karlstad in Sweden in 1991.
In 2005 Kasper was diagnosed with cancer, and he died in 2006.[6]
As a child actor he appeared in two Czech films.
His father Antonín Kasper Sr. also appeared in Speedway World Championship finals.
Year | Position | Points | Best finish | Notes | |
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12th | 50 | 5th | 5th in Danish GP | ||
15th | 39 | 5th | 5th Polish GP | ||
17th | 32 | 12th | |||
23rd | 11 | 17th | Rode in only 3 GPs |