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Luboš Tomíček Sr.
Luboš Tomíček, Sr. (1934-1968) was an international speedway rider from Czechoslovakia. Speedway career Tomíček reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship. He was also the captain of the Czechoslovakian team and champion of Czechoslovakia five times from 1961 until 1965 after winning the Czechoslovakian Championship. 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 Tomíček to race in Britain in 1967, where he was captained the Prague team. During the 1968 Golden Helmet of Pardubice he was killed in an accident after falling directly under the wheels of the speedway rider behind him. An annual memorial event has been held in his memory since. World final appearances Individual World Championship * 1965 – London, Wembley Stadium – 16th – 2pts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luboš Tomíček Grave
Luboš is a Slavic male given name meaning ''love'' and used mostly in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In Slovakia with spelling Ľuboš. The name is a short form of names like: Luboslav, Lubomir. Notable bearers * Ľuboš Bartečko, Slovak ice hockey player * Luboš Bartoň, Czech professional basketball player * Ľuboš Blaha, Slovak philosopher and politician * Luboš Fišer, Czech composer * Luboš Loučka, Czech footballer * Luboš Kohoutek, Czech astronomer * Ľuboš Kostelný, Slovak actor * Luboš Kozel, Czech footballer * Luboš Kubík, Czech former professional footballer and manager * Ľuboš Micheľ, Slovak football referee * Luboš Motl, Czech theoretical physicist * Luboš Sluka, Czech composer * Luboš Zajíček, Czech jazz cornetist * Luboš Vrbka Luboš is a Slavic male given name meaning ''love'' and used mostly in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In Slovakia with spelling Ľuboš. The name is a short form of names like: Luboslav, Lubomir. Notable be ... [...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] |
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] |
Stadion Wien
Ernst-Happel-Stadion (), known as Praterstadion until 1992, is a 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 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 final which saw Spain triumph over 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 Category 4 stadium, and as such, it is the home of the Austria national football team. It also hosts the Viennese clubs' matches in UEFA competitions. The stadium is served by Stadion station on the U2 metro line, 77 ... [...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] |
Bedřich Slaný
Bedřich is a Czech masculine given name, a Czech variant of the German name Friedrich and English Frederick. It also appears as a surname (feminine: Bedřichová). Feminine counterpart of the given name is Bedřiška. Notable people with the name include: Given name Sports * Bedřich Brunclík (born 1946), Czech ice hockey player * Bedřich Dvořák (1930–2018), Czech sprint canoeist * Bedrich Formánek (1933–2023), Slovak chess composer * Bedřich Hamsa (born 1965), Czech footballer *Bedřich Köhler (born 1985), Czech ice hockey player * Bedřich Nikodém (1909–1970), Czech table tennis player, composer and musician * Bedřich Posselt, Czech luger and bobsledder *Bedřich Ščerban (born 1964), Czech ice hockey player * Bedřich Schejbal (1874–?), Czech fencer *Bedřich Šupčík (1898–1957), Czech gymnast Arts * Beda Batka, born Bedřich Baťka (1922–1994), Czech-American cinematographer * Miroslav Bedřich Böhnel (1886–1962), Czech writer * Bedřich Bride ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaný Speedway Stadium
Slaný Speedway Stadium () is a speedway track in Slaný, Czech Republic. The track is located on the Netovická road in the southeastern area of the town. The stadium hosts the speedway team AK Slaný. History The stadium was constructed throughout 1948 and 1949 and opened on 13 August 1950. Major reconstructions took place in 1958 and 1974, the latter when FIM regulations required a cinder/shale track. In-between the stadium hosted arguably what was its most significant event, the final of the 1962 Speedway World Team Cup, which attracted a crowd of 35,000. Further major events took place at the track when the final of the Speedway Under-21 World Championship was held in 1981 and 1988 respectively. In 1986, the width of the track increased allowing six riders to race and in 1988 a grandstand opened which featured VIP areas and seating for 1,000 spectators. The 2002 Speedway Under-21 World Championship was hosted at the stadium and was won by Czech rider Lukáš Dryml and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaný
Slaný (; ) is a town in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 17,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Slaný consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Slaný (13,728) *Blahotice (27) *Dolín (412) *Kvíc (467) *Kvíček (790) *Lotouš (61) *Netovice (77) *Otruby (110) *Trpoměchy (154) *Želevčice (119) Etymology The word ''slaný'' literally means 'salty' in Czech. According to the Wenceslaus Hajek's chronicle records, Slaný was founded at the site of a salt spring below the hill of Slánská hora. Geography Slaný is located about north of Kladno and northwest of Prague. It lies in the Prague Plateau. The highest point and a dominant feature of the town's panorama is the hill Slánská hora at above sea level. The stream of Červený potok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Speedway World Team Cup
1962 Speedway World Team Cup was the third edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place in Slaný, Czechoslovakia. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (36 pts) who beat Great Britain (24 pts), Poland (20 pts) and Czechoslovakia (16 pts). Format Qualification Nordic Round * 23 April * Vetlanda, Vetlanda Motorstadion British Round The British Round was cancelled. Great Britain was seeded to the World Final. Central European Round * 15 July * Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec * West Germany was replaced by second team from Czechoslovakia East European Round * 15 July * Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium World final * 29 July * Slaný, Slaný Speedway See also * motorcycle speedway * 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship References {{Speedway World Cup seasons 1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
