Aleš Dryml Jr. (born 19 October 1979) is a former
motorcycle speedway
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rider from the Czech Republic.
He earned 23 international caps for the
Czech Republic national speedway team.
Career
Dryml and his younger brother
Lukáš Dryml were introduced to speedway by their father
Aleš Dryml Sr., who was a former international speedway rider.
Dryml came to the British speedway leagues in 2000 when he and his brother
Lukáš Dryml joined the
Oxford Cheetahs for the
2002 Elite League speedway season
The 2002 Elite League speedway season was the 68th season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and in 2002 was governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). I ...
. The pair came into the Oxford side relatively unknown because they had only ridden in the Czech Republic and Poland at the time. However, the British Authorities gave them inflated averages of 7.50 and 5.00, which would not help Oxford's 2000 league challenge as they finished second from last.
The following season in 2001, Oxford brought in
Leigh Adams as heat leader and retained the Dryml brothers on reduced averages, this combination was a winning one, as the three riders were instrumental in helping Oxford win the
2001 Elite League.
[ After the 2002 season with Oxford, Ales joined the Belle Vue Aces for the ]2003 Elite League speedway season
The 2003 Elite League speedway season was the 69th season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).
Season sum ...
but was released so joined the Poole Pirates as a replacement for his brother who had broken his leg. Ales helped Poole finish the season as the league and cup
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double winners.
In 2004, he joined Peterborough Panthers and would also win his first of four European Pairs Speedway Championship The European Pairs Speedway Championship is an annual speedway event held in different countries organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) since 2004.
Previous winners
Rules
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s. The other would come in 2007
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, 2009
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and 2010
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. He also became a permanent rider of 2004 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix was the 59th edition of the official World Championship and the tenth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.
After finishing second in 2001, 2002 and 2003, Jason Crump br ...
series.
After the 2005 season wth Peterborough he returned to his first club Oxford during 2006 and 2007 but rarely rode as his form dipped. However, he continued to ride in British speedway until the end of the 2014 season with Peterborough where he recorded a strong 7.90 average. He also represented the Czech Republic at the Speedway World Cup from 1999 to 2014.
Results
* Individual World Championship ( Speedway Grand Prix)
** 2002
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- 41st place (1 point)
** 2003
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- 36th place (3 points)
** 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 6 ...
- 22nd place (22 points)
** 2005
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- 26th place (3 points)
** 2013
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- 17th place (16 points)
* Individual U-21 World Championship
** 1999
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- 2nd place (11 points)
** 2000
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- 4th place (11+X points)
* Team World Championship ( Speedway World Cup)
** 1999
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- 2nd place (10 points)
** 2001
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- 7th place (9 points in Race-Off)
** 2002
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- 5th place (13 points)
** 2003
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- 6th place (11 points in Race-Off)
** 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 6 ...
- 6th place (4 points in Race-Off)
** 2005
File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...
- 6th place (4 points in Race-Off)
** 2007
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- 9th place (10 points in Qualifying Round 2)
** 2008
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- 7th place (0 points in Event 2)
** 2009
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- 8th place
** 2010
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- 8th place
** 2011
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- 7th place
** 2012
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- 7th place
** 2013
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- 4th place
** 2014
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- 7th place
* Individual European Championship
** 2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
- 10th place (7 points)
** 2005
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- 2nd place (14+2 points)
** 2009
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- 3rd place (13 points)
** 2010
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- 2nd place (12 points)
** 2011
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- 3rd place (12 points)
** 2012
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- European Champion
* 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 ...
- 2nd place (13 points)
* European Pairs Championship
** 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 6 ...
- European Champion (12 points)
** 2005
File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...
- 2nd place (14 points)
** 2006
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- 4th place, but injury in Final (8 points in Semi-Final 1)
** 2007
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- European Champion (10 points)
** 2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
- European Champion
** 2010
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- European Champion (13 points)
* Individual Czech Republic Championship
** 2011 - Czech Champion
** 2013 - Czech Champion
* Individual Junior Czech Republic Championship
** 2004 - 3rd place (13+1 points)
** 2005 - 4th place (12+0 points)
* Individual Czech Republic Long Track Championship
** 2012 - Czech Champion
* Czech Republic Pairs Championship
** 2015 - Czech Champions
* Czech Golden Helmet
** 2004 - 2nd place
** 2005 - 3rd place
* Individual German Championship
** 1998 - 3rd place (12 points)
** 1999 - 10th place
** 2000 - 5th place (10 points)
** 2001 - 2nd place (13+2 points)
** 2003 - 6th place
* Individual Junior German Championship
** 1996 - 2nd place
** 1998 - German Champion
World Longtrack Championship
Grand-Prix
* 2012 - Qualifying Round
Team Championship
* 2011 Scheeßel (4th) 7/36pts (Rode with Josef Franc, Richard Wolff, Pavel Ondrasik.
* 2012 St. Macaire
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Populati ...
(5th) 16/30 (Rode with Josef Franc, Richard Wolff, Michael Hadek.
European Grasstrack Championship
* 2011 Skegness (13th)5pts
* 2012 Eenrum
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(6th) 20pts
See also
* List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
* Czech Republic national speedway team
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dryml, Ales Jr.
1979 births
Living people
Czech speedway riders
Belle Vue Aces riders
Oxford Cheetahs riders
Peterborough Panthers riders
Poole Pirates riders
Wolverhampton Wolves riders
Czech expatriate speedway riders in England
European Pairs Speedway Champions
Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders
Sportspeople from Pardubice