Marián Jirout (born 23 July 1976 in

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, Czechoslovakia) is a former

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from the Czech Republic.

Career

Jirout rode in the

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. In Britain, he raced with the Peterborough Panthers for five seasons from 1995 to 2001. Following a car accident in January 2003 he was almost left paralysed but he eventually recovered. In October 2007, during the Zlatá přilba race in

, he broke three

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e in a fall and decided to end career of rider.

Family

His father Jiří Jirout (1953–2000), also a speedway rider, won a silver medal in the 1979 Team Ice Racing World Championship.http://www.vcm-sbirky.cz/zlataprilba/historie_4.html (in Czech)

Results

Speedway Grand Prix

World Championships

* Team World Championship (

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and Speedway World Cup) **

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 ...

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- 3rd place in Semi-Final A'' **

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- - 7th place (4th place in Race-off)

European Championships

* European Club Champions' Cup **

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- Piła - 4th place (3 points) **

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- Runner-up (6 points)

References

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