Karel Průša (7 May 1938 – 14 August 2019) was a Czech international speedway rider.

Speedway career

Průša began his speedway career riding at the Flóra Stadium in

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, after being introduced to the sport by his older brother Josef Průša, who was also a speedway rider. Průša reached the final of the

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in the

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. The following year in 1963, he took the silver medal behind

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in the Czechoslovak Individual Championship. Like many Czech riders of the time, the Czechoslovak 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 Průša to race in Britain in 1967 and 1968, where he starred alongside

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and

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World final appearances

World Team Cup

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–

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(with Bedřich Slaný /

Bohumír Bartoněk Bohumír Bartoněk (born 10 May 1939) is a former international Motorcycle speedway, speedway rider from Czechoslovakia. Speedway career Bartoněk reached the 1959 Continental Speedway final as part of the 1959 Individual Speedway World Champ ...

/ Jaroslav Volf /

) – 4th – 16pts (2)

References

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