Luboš Tomíček (born 14 March 1986 in

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, Czech Republic) is a former

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rider from the Czech Republic. He earned 4 international caps for the

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Career

Tomíček comes from a 3-generation motorsport family; his grandfather and father

Luboš Tomíček Sr. 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. He was also the cap ...

were also professional speedway riders. In 2003, he made his British league debut after riding four times for

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during the

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. The following season he joined

Newcastle Diamonds Newcastle Diamonds were a motorcycle speedway team that raced in the British speedway leagues from 1929 to 2022. They were based at Newcastle Stadium on the Fossway, Byker. The Stadium was previously known as Brough Park. History Origins and ...

and rode for them for two seasons. After a short loan spell with Newcastle, he returned to Oxford in 2005, spending three seasons with them from 2005 to 2007. In 2007, he reached the final of the 2007 Speedway Under-21 World Championship and won a bronze medal at the

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. The following season he appeared in the

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series and signed for

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, where he helped the team finish second in the

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. He won the league with his Prague club in 2012 and had a final season in Britain with the

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but retired after the 2012 season due to private reasons.

Speedway Grand Prix results

Honours

* Individual World Championship (

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- 22nd place (4 points in 1 GP) **

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

- 26th place (4 points in 1 GP) **

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

- 19th place (8 points in 2 GP) *

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- track reserve **

Ostrów Wlkp. - 15th place (2 point) *

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- 7th place (4 points in Event 2) *

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- 4th place (2 points) **

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- Bronze medal (6 points) * European Individual Speedway Junior Championship: **

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- 13th place (5 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 60 ...

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- 11th place (6 points) **

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- 12th place (5 points) *

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- 4th place (8 points) **

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- 4th place (5 points) * Individual Czech Championship: ** 2006 - 4th place ** 2007 - 3rd place * Individual U-21 Czech Championship: ** 2001 - 5th place ** 2002 - 4th place

References

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