Antonín Šváb Sr. (12 June 1932 – 21 November 2014) was a
Czech
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* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
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* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
international
speedway rider, representing Czechoslovakia.
Speedway career
Antonín Šváb Sr. was an
Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
The Individual Ice Speedway World Championship is an Ice speedway championship held annually to determine an individual World Champion.
History
The first Championships were held in 1966. A European Championship was held for the two years pre ...
world champion winning the 1970 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.
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. In 1968 he returned to tour Britain, where he starred alongside
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 m ...
He died in 2014.
World final appearances
Individual Ice World Championship
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1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
- 2 rounds - 3rd - 39pts
*
1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
- 3 rounds - 4th - 43pts
*
1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
- 2 rounds - 5th - 44pts
*
1969
1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...
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Inzell
Inzell () is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for the Eisstadion Inzell, an outdoor artificial ice rink that has been used for many international speed skating championships. It is now an indoor oval ...
- 4th - 12pts
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1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
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Nässjö
Nässjö () is a locality and the seat of Nässjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 31,782 inhabitants in 2024.
History
For many years, Nässjö was a rural village with agriculture as the dominant occupation. The turning point wa ...
- 1st - 15pts
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1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
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Nässjö
Nässjö () is a locality and the seat of Nässjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 31,782 inhabitants in 2024.
History
For many years, Nässjö was a rural village with agriculture as the dominant occupation. The turning point wa ...
- 2nd - 14pts
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1973
Events January
* January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...
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Inzell
Inzell () is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for the Eisstadion Inzell, an outdoor artificial ice rink that has been used for many international speed skating championships. It is now an indoor oval ...
- 10th - 13pts
World Longtrack Championship
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1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
Mühldorf
Mühldorf am Inn (, ; Central Bavarian: ''Muihdorf am Inn'') is a Town#Germany, town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Mühldorf (district), district Mühldorf on the river Inn (river), Inn. It is located at , and had a population of ab ...
(7th) 10pts
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1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
Mühldorf
Mühldorf am Inn (, ; Central Bavarian: ''Muihdorf am Inn'') is a Town#Germany, town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Mühldorf (district), district Mühldorf on the river Inn (river), Inn. It is located at , and had a population of ab ...
(6th) 14pts
Family
His son
Antonín Šváb Jr.
Antonín "Toni" Šváb Jr. (born 9 June 1974) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He earned 4 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team.
Career
Šváb first rode in the British leagues in 199 ...
was also an international speedway rider.
References
1932 births
2014 deaths
Czech speedway riders
Czechoslovak speedway riders
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