Jiří Štancl
Born (1949-11-18) November 18, 1949
Prague, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzechoslovakian
Career history
Czech Republic
Great Britain
1976, 1978Coventry Bees
1979-1980, 1982Reading Racers
Individual honours
1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983Czech National Champion
1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982Golden Helmet of Pardubice
1982Continental Champion
Team honours
1978, 1980British League Champion
1976, 1978Midland Cup

Jiří Štancl (born 18 November 1949 in Prague, Czechoslovakia)[1] is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Czechoslovakia.

Career

Štancl reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on nine occasions between 1971 and 1984, finishing a career best 9th in 1982 in Los Angeles.

He won the Czechoslovakian National Championship twelve times, has appeared in the World Team Cup finals on seven occasions and in the Speedway World Pairs Championship finals seven times.[2]

Štancl won the famed Golden Helmet of Pardubice in 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981 and 1982.

Štancl was also twice runner-up at the World Longtrack Championships in 1983 and 1985.

Family

His son, George, is also a rider.

World Final Appearances

Individual Speedway World Championship

Speedway World Pairs Championship

Speedway World Team Cup

Individual Longtrack World Championship

References

  1. Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-904584-04-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Oakes, P.(2005). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-30-1
  3. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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