Radomír Šimůnek Sr. (, 8 April 1962 in Plzeň – 10 August 2010 in Kamenice) was a

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racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cyclin ...

who mainly participated in cyclo-cross. Šimůnek's son, Radomír Šimůnek Jr. is also a cyclo-cross cyclist. During the Czech communist era he was a two time amateur World Champion, but was unable to become a professional cyclist. The earnings he garnered from international matches in

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and the

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were paid to the Czechoslovakia Cycling Union and Šimůnek did not receive his winnings. The political change in Eastern Europe in 1989 and 1990 finally allowed him to become a professional, before he won the World title at the 1991 World Championships in

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. In 1992 he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for causing a traffic accident that killed three people. He received a presidential pardon four months into his sentence.

Honours

;1980 : 1st in Junior World Championships ;1982 : 2nd in Amateur World Championships ;1983 : 1st in Amateur World Championships ;1984 : 1st in

: 1st in Amateur World Championships ;1985 : 1st in

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;1989 : 2nd in Amateur World Championships ;1990 : 1st in

: 1st in

Steinmaur Steinmaur is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography Situated in the Wehntal, Steinmaur has an area of . Of this area, 57.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 29.5% is forested. ...

: 1st in

Valkenswaard Valkenswaard () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands, in the Metropoolregio Eindhoven of the province of North Brabant. The municipality had a population of in and spans an area of of which is water. The name Valkenswaard ...

: 1st in

Zarautz Zarautz (, es, Zarauz) is a coastal town located in central Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, in Spain. It is bordered by Aia to the east and the south and Getaria to the west, located about west of San Sebastián. It has four enclaves limiting the a ...

: 1st in

Koksijde Koksijde (; french: Coxyde ; vls, Koksyde) is a town and a municipality in Belgium. It is located on the North Sea coast in the southwest of the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises apart from Koksijde, the villages of O ...

;1991 : 1st in Czech elite national championships : 1st in Plzeň : 1st in

: 1st in Elite World Championships : 1st in

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;1992 : 1st in Czech elite national championships ;1994 : 1st in

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: 1st in Plzeň : 1st in Schulteiss-Cup ;1996 : 3rd in Czech elite national championships : 1st in

Hlinsko Hlinsko () is a town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,400 inhabitants. It is the natural centre of a microregion called ''Hlinecko''. The local part of Betlém is well preserved example of folk arch ...

;1997 : 1st in Czech elite national championships : 1st in

: 1st in

Kolín Kolín (; german: Kolin, Neu Kolin, Collin) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Administra ...

;1998 : 1st in

Magstadt Magstadt is a town in the German Federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the district (Landkreis) Böblingen. It is located between Renningen Renningen is a town in the district of Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 1 ...

: 1st in Czech elite national championships ;1999 : 3rd in Czech elite national championships : 1st in

Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

;2000 : 2nd in Czech elite national championships

References

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