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Roman Matoušek
Roman Matoušek (23 May 1964 – 8 January 2020) was a Czechs, Czech Motorcycle speedway, speedway rider. He earned 26 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team. Speedway career Matoušek was the champion of the Czechoslovakia, winning the Czech Republic Individual Speedway Championship, Czechoslovakian Individual Speedway Championship in 1988. He rode in the List of United Kingdom speedway league champions, top tier of British Speedway from 1986, when he joined Ipswich Witches He later rode for Coventry Bees despite a failed bid by Bradford Dukes. and Sheffield Tigers. In 1987, he represented the Czechoslovak national team during the final of the 1987 Speedway World Team Cup. World Final appearances World Pairs Championship * 1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship, 1986 – Pocking, Rottalstadion (with Antonín Kasper Jr.) – 3rd – 32pts * 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship, 1987 – Pardubice, Svítkov Stadion (with Antonín Kasper Jr.) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaný
Slaný (; ) is a town in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 17,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Slaný consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Slaný (13,728) *Blahotice (27) *Dolín (412) *Kvíc (467) *Kvíček (790) *Lotouš (61) *Netovice (77) *Otruby (110) *Trpoměchy (154) *Želevčice (119) Etymology The word ''slaný'' literally means 'salty' in Czech. According to the Wenceslaus Hajek's chronicle records, Slaný was founded at the site of a salt spring below the hill of Slánská hora. Geography Slaný is located about north of Kladno and northwest of Prague. It lies in the Prague Plateau. The highest point and a dominant feature of the town's panorama is the hill Slánská hora at above sea level. The stream of Červený potok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship
The 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the eighteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia. The championship was won by host Denmark (52 points) who beat England (44 points) and United States (36 points). Semifinal 1 * KS Apator Stadium, Toruń * 6 June Semifinal 2 * Motodrom Halbemond, Norden * 6 June World final * Svítkov Stadion, Pardubice * 28 June See also * 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship * 1987 Speedway World Team Cup * motorcycle speedway * 1987 in sports References 1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ... World Pairs World Pairs {{motorcycle-speedway-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markéta Stadium
The Markéta Stadium () is a 10,000-capacity multi-use stadium on U Vojtěšky in Břevnov, Prague, Czech Republic. The stadium hosts motorcycle speedway and has been the home of the Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic since 1997. The speedway track has a circumference of 353 metres (386 yards). The stadium opened during the 1930s as an athletics ground and is home to the athletics club PSK Olymp Praha (athletics), PSK Olymp Praha and the Prague speedway team AK Markéta Praha. Since 1959, it has been hosting international speedway events and on an annual basis it also holds the Luboš Tomíček Memorial, named after the rider Luboš Tomíček Sr. In 2022, the stadium was selected as the first ever venue for 2022 SGP2. In 2023, the stadium hosted rugby matches during the 2022–23 Rugby Europe International Championships. See also *Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic *Prague Speedway References Sport in Prague Buildings and structures in Prague Sports venues in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Stadium
Brandon Stadium, also known as Coventry Stadium, is located 6 miles east of Coventry in Brandon, Warwickshire, England. It was the home of the Coventry Bees motorcycle speedway team. It also hosted BriSCA F1 Stock Car Racing on the 1st Saturday of the month from April through to November. From 1978 until early 2016 it intermittently hosted greyhound racing. As of 2023, it is closed and has become dilapidated after several fires, including an arson attack in 2022. Speedway History Brandon Stadium's first speedway meeting took place on 29 September 1928, hot on the heels of Coventry's first speedway venue at Lythalls Lane Stadium. Coventry were founder members of the National League from 1932 to 1933. The team were all set to return to action in 1934, but the Brandon proprietor C. W. East suddenly put the stadium up for sale. Despite challenge matches taking place during 1934 and 1936, league speedway would not return to Brandon for 15 years. Coventry was devastated during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coventry
Coventry ( or rarely ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centuries. Founded in the early Middle Ages, its city status was formally recognised in a charter of 1345. The city is governed by Coventry City Council, and the West Midlands Combined Authority. Historic counties of England, Formerly part of Warwickshire until 1451, and again from 1842 to 1974, Coventry had a population of 345,324 at the 2021 census, making it the tenth largest city in England and the 13th largest in the United Kingdom. It is the second largest city in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, after Birmingham, from which it is separated by an area of Green belt (United Kingdom), green belt known as the Meriden Gap; it is the third largest in the wider Midlands after Birmingham and Leicester. The city is part of a larger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredericia Speedway
Fredericia Speedway was a motorcycle speedway club from Fredericia in Denmark, which competed in the Danish Speedway League until the end of their league winning 2005 season. They are seven times champions of Denmark, having won the title in 1968, 1974, 1975, 1987, 1989, 1993 and 2005. History 1945 to 1971 Fredericia Speedway's origins started with the founding of the Fredericia Motor Klubb in 1945 and with a speedway track being built in 1958. The home venue of the club was the Vejlby Speedway Center, which is still located on the northern outskirts of Fredericia. In 1967, a new organised tournament was formed with seven teams being registered, one of which was the team called Faestningsdrengene (the Fortress Boys) and they won the league in 1968. The track at Vejlby was used until 1971 and three years later (1974) it was rebuilt exclusively as a smaller track for machines of the 50cc and 80cc. 1972 to 1985 The need for a larger track resulted in the speedway team using the 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredericia
Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region Denmark, Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vejle. It was founded in 1650 by Frederick III of Denmark, Frederick III, after whom it was named. The city itself has a population of 41,543 (1 January 2025)BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark and the Fredericia Municipality has a population of 52,616 (2025). History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohumil Brhel
Bohumil Brhel (born 10 June 1965) is a Czech former motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 10 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team and 15 caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team. Career Brhel started racing in the British leagues during the 1990 British League season, when riding for the King's Lynn Stars. He spent six season with them from 1990 to 1995. In 1996, he joined the Oxford Cheetahs from King's Lynn and was part of the four that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 4 August 1996, at the East of England Arena. He returned to King's Lynn the following season and rode with them until the end of the 1999 season. Brhel won the 2001 Individual European Champion title. He won the Czechoslovak title on six occasions. Results World Finals Individual * 1989 - Munich, Olympic Stadium - 16th - 1pt *1994 - Vojens, Vojens Speedway Center - 10th - 6pts Grand Prix World (European) Under-21 Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdeněk Tesař
Zdeněk Tesař (born 30 July 1964) is a former speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He earned 13 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team. Speedway career He reached two Speedway World Championship finals in 1990 and 1992. He won the 1995 Czech Republic Individual Speedway Championship. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for Belle Vue Aces, Ipswich Witches and Peterborough Panthers from 1991 until 2002. World Final appearances Individual World Championship * 1990 - Bradford, Odsal Stadium - 13th - 2pts * 1992 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium - 15th - 5pts World Pairs Championship * 1989 - Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium (with Bohumil Brhel) - 7th - 25pts * 1991 - Poznań, Olimpia Poznań Stadium (with Roman Matoušek and Bohumil Brhel Bohumil Brhel (born 10 June 1965) is a Czech former motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 10 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team and 15 caps for the Czech Republic na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olimpia Poznań Stadium
Olimpia may refer to: Sports teams *Club Atlético Olimpia, a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay *Club Deportivo Olimpia, a football team based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras *Club Olimpia, a sports club based in the city of Asunción, Paraguay *Olímpia Futebol Clube, a football team from Brazil *Olimpia Elbląg, a football team from Elbląg, Poland *FC Olimpia Bălţi, a football team from Moldova *FC Olimpia Satu Mare, a football team from Satu Mare, Romania *FC Olimpia Volgograd, a football team from Volgograd, Russia *Olimpia Milano, a basketball team based in Milan, Italy *KK Olimpija, a defunct basketball team based in Ljubljana, Slovenia *Olimpia Basketball Club, a basketball team based in Venado Tuerto, Argentina Other uses * ''Olimpia'' (film), a 2018 Mexican adult animated thriller film directed by José Manuel Cravioto * Olimpia Awards, the most important sports awards in Argentina * Olimpia Sports Hall, an indoor arena in Ploiești, Romania * Olimpia, Greater Polan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poznań
Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair, Poznań, Saint John's Fair (''Jarmark Świętojański''), traditional St. Martin's croissant, Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect. Among its most important heritage sites are the Renaissance in Poland, Renaissance Old Town, Poznań Town Hall, Town Hall and Poznań Cathedral. Poznań is the fifth-largest List of cities and towns in Poland#Cities, city in Poland. As of 2023, the city's population is 540,146, while the Poznań metropolitan area (''Metropolia Poznań'') comprising Poznań County and several other communities is inhabited by over 1.029 million people. It is one of four historical capitals of medieval Poland and the ancient capital of the Greater Poland region, currently the administrative capital of the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
