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Antonín Kasper Sr.
Antonín Kasper Sr. (31 October 1932 – 12 November 2017) was an international Motorcycle speedway rider from Czechoslovakia. He earned 13 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team. Speedway career Kasper Sr. won two medals at the Speedway World Team Cup in 1960 and 1963. He also won the prestigious Golden Helmet of Pardubice in 1963. In 1967, he was part of the Prague team that toured the United Kingdom and 1968, where he starred alongside Antonín Šváb Sr. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, joining the Coventry Bees for the 1968 British League season. He stayed with the Midlands club in 1969 before switching to West Ham Hammers for the 1970 British League season. World final appearances World Team Cup * 1960 - Gothenburg, Ullevi (with Jaroslav Machač / František Richter / Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 3rd - 15pts (5) * 1961 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Stanislav Svoboda / Bohumír ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague Speedway
Prague Speedway has consisted of several former motorcycle speedway teams and stadia and the current team known as AK Markéta Praha, who race at the Markéta Stadium. History 1928 to 1992 The origins of speedway in Prague can be traced back to races held at the Stadion Letná, starting on 9 June 1928 and these were soon followed by meetings at the Great Strahov Stadium on 14 May 1933 and the Žižkov TJ Sokol Stadium on 11 April 1934. Following the end of World War II, the Czechoslovak military began forming sports teams and regional and national competitions. In 1953, a law (following the Soviet model) determined that all clubs should be voluntary sports societies, with athletes being allocated to clubs according to their civic occupations. The first Czech Republic Team Speedway Championship, Czechoslovak Team Speedway Championship was held in 1956 and featured two teams from Prague, Rudá Hvězda Praha (Red Star Prague), associated with the Czechoslovak police force and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Richter
František Richter (27 August 1931 – 27 March 2020) was a Czech international speedway rider. Speedway career Richter reached the final of the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup at the 1960 Speedway World Team Cup, winning a bronze medal. He was champion of Czechoslovakia in 1959 after winning the Czechoslovakian Championship. World final appearances World Team Cup * 1960 - Gothenburg, Ullevi (with Jaroslav Machač / Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Antonín Kasper Sr. / Bohumír Bartoněk Bohumír Bartoněk (born 10 May 1939) is a former international Motorcycle speedway, speedway rider from Czechoslovakia. Speedway career Bartoněk reached the 1959 Continental Speedway final as part of the 1959 Individual Speedway World Champ ...) - 3rd - 15pts (4) References 1931 births 2020 deaths Czech speedway riders Czechoslovak speedway riders {{Czechoslovakia-speedway-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Speedway World Team Cup
The 1968 Speedway World Team Cup was the ninth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place at Wembley Stadium in London. The title was won by for the first time by the Great Britain national speedway team. The previous eight editions had all been won by Sweden (five wins) or Poland (three wins). Qualification Continental Semi-Final * 16 June * Paul Greifzu Stadium, Stralsund Continental Final * 28 June * Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný *Great Britain (which included riders from Australia and New Zealand) and Sweden were seeded to the final. World final * 21 September * Wembley Stadium See also * 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship * 1968 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1968 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the unofficial FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place at the Illerstadion in Kempten, West Germany. The championship was won by Sweden (24 points) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Šmíd (speedway Rider)
Miroslav Šmíd is a Czech former international speedway rider. Speedway career Šmíd won a silver medal at the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1963 Speedway World Team Cup. 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, where he starred alongside Antonín Kasper Sr. and Antonín Šváb Sr. and drew attention as the rider to watch out for on the tour following a strong World Championship qualifying campaign. World final appearances World Team Cup * 1963 - Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Stanislav Kubíček / Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Antonín Kasper Sr. Antonín Kasper Sr. (31 October 1932 – 12 November 2017) was an international Motorcycle speedway rider from Czechoslovakia. He earned 13 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team. Speedway career Kas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislav Kubíček
Stanislav Kubíček (born 23 May 1940) is a Czech former speedway rider. Speedway career Kubíček reached the final of the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1963 Speedway World Team Cup. He has also reached the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship on two occasions in 1974 and 1976. 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 Kubíček to race in Britain in 1967. World final appearances World Team Cup * 1963 – Vienna, Stadion Vienna (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Miroslav Šmíd / Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 2nd - 27pts (7) World Longtrack Championship * 1974 – Scheeßel 16th - 2 pts * 1976 – Mariánské Lázně 17th - 1pt Individual Ice Speedway World Championship *1966 – 2 rounds, 8th - 27 pts *1967 – 3 rounds, 10th - 30 pts *1968 – 2 rounds, 14th - 13pts *1970 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Ernst-Happel-Stadion (), known as Praterstadion until 1992, is a association football, football stadium in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Austria's capital Vienna. With 50,865 seats, it is the largest stadium in Austria. It was built between 1929 and 1931 for the 1931 Workers' Olympiad, second Workers' Olympiad to the design of German architect Otto Ernst Schweizer. The stadium was renamed in honour of Austrian footballer Ernst Happel following his death in 1992. The stadium hosted seven games in UEFA Euro 2008, including the UEFA Euro 2008 Final, final which saw Spain national football team, Spain triumph over Germany national football team, Germany. The stadium is owned by the City of Vienna (Municipal Department 51 – Sports of the City of Vienna). It is managed by the ''Wiener Stadthalle Betriebs und Veranstaltungsgesellschaft m.b.H.'', a subsidiary of ''Wien Holding''. It is a UEFA stadium categories, UEFA Category 4 stadium, and as such, it is the home of the Austria nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the Culture of Austria, cultural, Economy of Austria, economic, and Politics of Austria, political center of the country, the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most-populous of the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. The city lies on the eastern edge of the Vienna Woods (''Wienerwald''), the northeasternmost foothills of the Alps, that separate Vienna from the more western parts of Austria, at the transition to the Pannonian Basin. It sits on the Danube, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Speedway World Team Cup
1963 Speedway World Team Cup was the fourth edition of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place in Vienna, Austria. The World Champion title was won by Sweden national speedway team, Sweden (37 pts) who beat Czechoslovakia national speedway team, Czechoslovakia (27 pts), Great Britain national speedway team, Great Britain (25 pts) and Poland national speedway team, Poland (7 pts). Format Qualification Nordic Round * 23 May * Målilla#Speedway, Målilla Motorbana, Målilla British Round The British Round was cancelled. Great Britain national speedway team, Great Britain was seeded to the Final. Central European Round * 13 June * Olching, Olching Speedwaybahn East European Round * 4 August * Stroitel Stadium (Ufa), Stroitel Stadium, Ufa World final * 31 August * Vienna, Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Stadion Wien See also * 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislav Svoboda (speedway Rider)
Stanislav Svoboda may refer to: * Stanislav Svoboda (cyclist) (born 1930), Czech cyclist * Stanislav Svoboda (speedway rider) (1919–1992) Czech speedway rider {{hndis, Svoboda, Stanislav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Wrocław)
The Olympic Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Wrocław, Poland. It is the home stadium of Motorcycle speedway, speedway team Sparta Wrocław and American football team Panthers Wrocław. The stadium has a capacity now of 11,000 people and was supposed to be one of the main pitches on UEFA Euro 2012. The newly constructed Stadion Miejski (Wrocław), Stadion Miejski was used for that event instead. History The stadium was built from 1926 to 1928 as ''Schlesierkampfbahn'' (''Silesian Arena'') according to a design by Richard Konwiarz. It was part of a larger sports complex in the city district of Zalesie (then ''Leerbeutel''), again extended from 1935 to 1939 and renamed ''Hermann Göring, Hermann-Göring-Stadion'' under the Nazi Germany, Nazi German authorities. On 16 May 1937, it was the site of the legendary Breslau Eleven football match, when the Germany national football team defeated Denmark national football team, Denmark 8–0. Despite its current Polish name, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly from the Sudetes, Sudeten Mountains to the north. In 2023, the official population of Wrocław was 674,132, making it the third-largest city in Poland. The population of the Wrocław metropolitan area is around 1.25 million. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. The history of the city dates back over 1,000 years; at various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg monarchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia and German Reich, Germany, until it became again part of Poland in 1945 immediately after World War II. Wrocław is a College town, university city with a student population of over 130,000, making it one of the most yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
