Bohumil Brhel (born 10 June 1965) is a Czech former

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

rider. He earned 10 international caps for the

Czechoslovakia national speedway team The Czechoslovakia national speedway team were one of the teams that competed in international team motorcycle speedway. History The Czechoslovakian speedway team (which consisted predominantly of Czech Republic riders) competed in the inaugu ...

and 15 caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team.

Career

Brhel started racing in the British leagues during the 1990 British League season, when riding for the King's Lynn Stars. He spent six season with them from 1990 to 1995. In 1996, he joined the

Oxford Cheetahs The Oxford Cheetahs are a British Motorcycle speedway, speedway teamLawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. based at Oxford Stadium, in Oxford, England. They were founded in 1939 and are five times champions of Britain, in 1964 Speed ...

from King's Lynn and was part of the four that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 4 August 1996, at the East of England Arena. He returned to King's Lynn the following season and rode with them until the end of the 1999 season. Brhel won the 2001 Individual European Champion title. He won the Czechoslovak title on six occasions.

Results

World Finals

Individual *

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- 16th - 1pt *

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

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- 10th - 6pts Grand Prix World (European) Under-21 Championship *

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

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- 4th - 10pts World Team Cup *

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

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- 4th - 19pts (6) *

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

- 2nd - 35pts (9) *

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

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- 5th - 36pts (5) World Pairs Championship *

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Alfred Smoczyk Stadium Alfred Smoczyk Stadium () is a stadium in Leszno, Poland. It is currently used for speedway matches and is the home stadium of Unia Leszno. The stadium has a capacity of 16,700 people. The stadium is located on ''ulica Strzelecka 7''. Histor ...

(with Zdeněk Tesař) - 7th - 25pts (14) *

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

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, Olimpia Poznań Stadium (with Roman Matoušek) - 5th 18pts (12) Individual European Championship *

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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, Heusden-Zolder Speedway - Winner - 14pts *

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Rybnik Municipal Stadium Rybnik Stadium (Polish - Stadion Miejski w Rybniku) is a motorcycle speedway and association football stadium located in the northern part of Rybnik off Gliwicka 72. The stadium is the home arena of Polish speedway team KS ROW Rybnik who compet ...

- 5th - 10pts European Pairs Championship *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

- Winner - 28pts (16) *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

- 2nd - 27pts (13+4) *

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

- 4th - 15pts (0) European Club Champions' Cup *

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

- 2nd - 36pts (9) *

- 4th - 42pts (12) Individual Czechoslovak Championship * 1986 - 15th - 17pts * 1987 - 16th - 19pts * 1988 - 6th - 53pts * 1989 - 4th - 61pts * 1991 - 2nd - 14pts Individual Czech Republic Championship * 1992 - Winner - 15pts * 1993 - Winner - 14pts * 1994 - 4th - 11pts + 2pts * 1995 - 10 - 6pts * 1996 - 3rd - 13pts + 1pt * 1997 - 2nd - 13pts + 1pts * 1998 - Winner - 14pts * 1999 - 3rd - 12pts * 2000 - Winner - 50pts * 2001 - Winner - 75pts * 2002 - 2nd - 14pts + 2pts * 2004 - Winner - 14pts + 3pts Individual Junior Czechoslovak Championship * 1983 - 16th - 32pts * 1985 - Winner - 43pts

Longtrack

'World Longtrack Final * 1994 Marianske Lazne (8th) 9pts * 1995 Scheessel (5th) 17pts * 1996 Herxheim (14th) 5pts * 1997 5 app (12th) 43pts (Grand-Prix-Series)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brhel, Bohumil 1965 births Living people Czechoslovak speedway riders Czech speedway riders Individual Speedway European Champions European Pairs Speedway Champions Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders King's Lynn Stars riders Czech expatriate speedway riders in England Oxford Cheetahs riders Sportspeople from Zlín

Career

Results

World Finals

Longtrack

See also

References