Luboš Tomíček Sr.
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Czechoslovakia
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
 Grave of Luboš Tomíček Sr. | |
| Born | 16 August 1934 Czechoslovakia |
|---|---|
| Died | 21 October 1968 (aged 34) Pardubice, Czechoslovakia |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Career history | |
| Czechoslovakia | |
| 1958-1968 | Rudá Hvězda Praha |
| Individual honours | |
| 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 | Czechoslovak champion |
| 1964 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Luboš Tomíček, Sr. (16 August 1934 – 21 October 1968) was a Czech speedway rider.[1]
Tomíček reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2] He was also the captain of the Czechoslovak team[3] and champion of Czechoslovakia five times from 1961 until 1965 after winning the Czechoslovak Championship.[4][5]
Like many Czech riders of the time, the Czechoslovak 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 Tomíček to race in Britain in 1967, where he was captained the Prague team.[6]
During the 1968 Golden Helmet of Pardubice he was killed in an accident after falling directly under the wheels of the speedway rider behind him. An annual memorial event has been held in his memory since.[7]
World final appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1965 –
London, Wembley Stadium – 16th – 2pts
World Team Cup
- 1960 -
Gothenburg, Ullevi (with Jaroslav Machač / František Richter / Antonín Kasper Sr.) - 3rd - 15pts (4)[8] - 1961 -
Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Stanislav Svoboda / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 4th - 12pts (7) - 1962 -
Slaný, Slaný Speedway Stadium (with Bedřich Slaný / Karel Průša / Jaroslav Volf / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 4th - 16pts (7) - 1963 -
Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Stanislav Kubíček / Miroslav Šmíd / Antonín Kasper Sr. - 2nd - 27pts (5) - 1968 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Jaroslav Volf] / Jan Holub I) - 4th' - 7pts (2)
