Antonín Šváb Sr. Explained

Antonín Šváb Sr. (12 June 1932 – 21 November 2014) was an international speedway rider from Czechoslovakia.^{[1] [2]}

Speedway career

Antonín Šváb Sr. was an Individual Ice Speedway World Championship world champion winning the 1970 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.^{[3] [4]}

Like many Czech riders of the time, the Czechsolovak authorities rarely allowed riders to compete for British league teams but they did allow club sides such as Prague to tour the United Kingdom, which allowed Šváb to race in Britain in 1967.^{[5] [6]}

He died in 2014.^[7]

World final appearances

Individual Ice World Championship

• 1966 - 2 rounds - 3rd - 39pts
• 1967 - 3 rounds - 4th - 43pts
• 1968 - 2 rounds - 5th - 44pts
• 1969 - Inzell - 4th - 12pts
• 1970 - Nässjö - 1st - 15pts
• 1972 - Nässjö - 2nd - 14pts
• 1973 - Inzell - 10th - 13pts

World Longtrack Championship

• 1968 Mühldorf (7th) 10pts
• 1972 Mühldorf (6th) 14pts

Family

His son Antonín Šváb Jr. was also a Czech international speedway rider.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Antonin Svab snr. Grasstrack GB. 17 July 2021.
2. Book: Montague, Trevor. The A-Z of Sport. 2004. 531. Little, Brown. 0-316-72645-1.
3. Book: Bott, Richard. The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. 1980. 102. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. 0-09-141751-1.
4. Book: Oakes, Peter. 1981 Speedway Yearbook. 1981. 31. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. 0-86215-017-5.
5. News: Speedway Czechs meet King's Lynn . Peterborough Evening Telegraph . 4 August 1967 . 17 August 2024. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
6. News: Czechs are coming . Lynn Advertiser . 23 March 1967 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 27 August 2024.
7. Web site: REMEMBERING THOSE, WHO LEFT.... Speedway Euro. 17 July 2021.