Lubomír Jedek, also known as Luboš Jedek (born 21 June 1962), 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 was capped by the Czechoslovak national speedway team.

Career

Jedek came to prominence in 1981 after reaching the final of the 1981 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship. He competed in the individual championships of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic from 1981 until 1998, winning a bronze medal in 1986 and 1991. He also raced longtrack and competed in the final of the

1987 Individual Long Track World Championship The 1987 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 17th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 20 September 1987 in Mühldorf, Germany, which was West Germany at the time. The world tit ...

. The same year he represented the Czechoslovak national team during the final of the

1987 Speedway World Team Cup The 1987 Speedway World Team Cup was the 28th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. Denmark won two legs and therefore won their fifth consecutive title (and seventh in total) moving to just one title ...

. Jedek raced in the

Team Speedway Polish Championship The Team Speedway Polish Championship ( Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1948. In 2000, the First Division was r ...

from 1991 to 1992. Although he did not race in the British leagues, he toured the United Kingdom in 1986.

World final appearances

World Team Cup

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(with Antonín Kasper Jr. /

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/ Zdeněk Schneiderwind) - 4th - 36pts (10)

References

1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Zlín Czech speedway riders Czechoslovak speedway riders {{CzechRepublic-speedway-bio-stub