Luboš Tomíček, Sr. (1934-1968) was an international speedway rider from Czechoslovakia.

Speedway career

Tomíček reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the

1965 Individual Speedway World Championship The 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 20th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. Björn Knutsson won the world title scoring 14 points out of a possible 15 in the final at Wembley wit ...

. He was also the captain of the Czechoslovakian team and champion of Czechoslovakia five times from 1961 until 1965 after winning the Czechoslovakian Championship. Like many Czech riders of the time, the Czechsolovak 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. During the 1968

Golden Helmet of Pardubice The Golden Helmet of Pardubice (Czech: Zlatá přilba) is a speedway competition hosted annually in Pardubice, the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known a ...

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.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

– London, Wembley Stadium – 16th – 2pts

World Team Cup

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

- Göteborg, Ullevi (with

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) - 3rd - 15pts (4) *

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

- Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Stanislav Svoboda /

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) - 4th - 12pts (7) *

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

- Slaný, Slaný Speedway Stadium (with

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/ Karel Průša / Jaroslav Volf / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 4th - 16pts (7) *

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

- Vienna, Stadion Wien (with

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/ Antonín Kasper Sr. - 2nd - 27pts (5) *

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

- London, Wembley Stadium (with

/ Jaroslav Volf] / Jan Holub I) - 4th' - 7pts (2)

Family

His grandson Luboš Tomíček Jr. (born 1986) was also an international speedway rider.

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