Miroslav Šmíd (speedway rider)
| Born | Czechoslovakia |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Czech |
| Career history | |
| 1968 | Czechoslovakia |
| Prague | |
| Team honours | |
| 1963 | Speedway World Team Cup silver medal / finalist |
Miroslav Šmíd is a Czech former international speedway rider.
Speedway career
[edit]Šmíd won a silver medal at the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1963 Speedway World Team Cup.[1][2][3]
Like many Czech riders of the time, the Czechoslovak 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 Šmíd to race in Britain in 1968,[4] where he starred alongside Antonín Kasper Sr. and Antonín Šváb Sr.[5] and drew attention as the rider to watch out for on the tour following a strong World Championship qualifying campaign.[6]
World final appearances
[edit]World Team Cup
[edit]- 1963 -
Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Stanislav Kubíček / Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Antonín Kasper Sr. - 2nd - 27pts (5)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ "Speedway". Sports Argus. 3 August 1968. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Leicester Lions vs Prague". Leicester Daily Mercury. 12 August 1968. Retrieved 29 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "THE Czech Scene by Peter Oakes". Hackney Speedway. 26 July 1968. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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