Josef Franc (born 18 January 1979, in

Čáslav Čáslav (; german: Tschaslau) is a town in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 10,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Adminis ...

, Czech Republic) is a former international

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who competed in

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, Longtrack and

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Career

He has appeared as a track reserve in the 2007 Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix, scoring three points from two rides and has represented the

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at senior level. Franc was the Czech Republic Under-21 Champion in 1999 and was the Czech Republic national champion in 2017 and 2018. In 2019, he was part of the Czech team, along with Hynek Štichauer and Martin Málek, that won the bronze medal at the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship. In 2022, he was part of the Czech team, again with Málek and Štichauer, that won the silver medal at the 2022 Team Long Track World Championship.

Speedway Grand Prix results

* 2003, Prague SGP, 0 Points. * 2007, Prague SGP, 3 Points. * 2012, Prague SGP, 9 Points.

Career details

World Championships

* Individual World Championship and

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- 45th place (1 pt in one event) **

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- 28th place (3 pts in one event) * Team World Championship (

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and

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) **

- 6th place (started in Event 1 only) **

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 ...

- 6th place ** 2006 - 8th place ** ''

- 2nd place in Qualifying round 2'' * Individual U-21 World Championship ** ''

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ...

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- Gorzów Wlkp. - 6th place (8 pts)

European Championships

* Individual European Championship **

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- 14th place (5 pts) ** ''

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- did not start as track reserve'' ** ''

- 13th place in Qualifying Round 3'' **

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- 6th place (10 pts) * Individual U-19 European Championship **

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 frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

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- 8th place (8 pts) * European Club Champions' Cup **

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- 4th place (10 pts)

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix Years * 1999 1 app (23rd) 4pts * 2010 1 app (18th) 19pts * 2011 6 app (13th) 51pts * 2012 6 app (Third) 126pts * 2013 6 app (4th) 91pts * 2014 4 app (10th) 32pts * 2015 4 app (5th) 53pts * 2016 5 app (7th) 55pts * 2017 5 app (Third) 86pts Best Grand-Prix Results *

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Second 2017 *

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Second 2012 *

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First 2012 *

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Second 2012 * Morizes First 2012, Second 2017 * Rzeszow Third 2013 Team Championship * 2010 Morizes (6th) 9/25pts (Rode with Zdenek Schneiderwind, Richard Wolff, Pavel Ondrasik). * 2011 Scheeßel (4th) 21/36pts (Rode with Ales Dryml jnr, Richard Wolff, Pavel Ondrasik). * 2012 St. Macaire (5th) 16/30 (Rode with Ales Dryml jnr, Richard Wolff, Michael Hadek). * 2013

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(7th) 11/23pts (Rode with Richard Wolff, Karel Kadlec). * 2014

(6th) 13/23pts (Rode with Richard Wolff, Jan Klatovsky). * 2015

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(6th) 18/30pts (Rode with Richard Wolff,

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, Michal Skurla). * 2016 Marianske Lazne (Third) 18/42pts (Rode with

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). * 2017 Roden (4th) 28/43pts (Rode with

). * 2018 Morizes (5th) 20/32pts (rode with

, Michal Skurla).

European Grasstrack Championship

Finalist * 1999 Werlte (16th) 1pt * 2011 Thorpe St Peter (17th) 4pts * 2012

(Reserve N/S) * 2013

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(9th) 13pts * 2014 St. Macaire (4th) 13pts * 2015 Staphorst (20th) 0pts * 2016

(4th) 12pts * 2017 Hertingen (7th) 10pts * 2018 Tayac (Second) 15pts

Czech Longtrack Championship

* 2003 Marianske Lazne 12th * 2010 Marianske Lazne Second * 2011 Marianske Lazne Second * 2012 Marianske Lazne Second * 2013 Marianske Lazne First * 2014 Marianske Lazne First * 2015 Marianske Lazne First * 2017 Marianske Lazne First * 2018 Marianske Lazne First

References

External links

* http://grasstrackgb.co.uk/josef-franc/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Franc, Josef 1979 births Living people Czech speedway riders Berwick Bandits riders Newcastle Diamonds riders People from Čáslav Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders Sportspeople from the Central Bohemian Region