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

Speedway career

Tomíček reached the final of the

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in the

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. 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 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 Tomíček to race in Britain in 1967, where he was captained the Prague team. During the 1968

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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 First 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 Lynd ...

– London,

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– 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 * Janu ...

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(with

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) - 3rd - 15pts (4) *

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(with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Stanislav Svoboda /

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) - 4th - 12pts (7) *

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

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, Slaný Speedway Stadium (with Bedřich Slaný / 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 Cove ...

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, Stadion Wien (with

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

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

- London, Wembley Stadium (with

/ Jaroslav Volf] /

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) - 4th' - 7pts (2)

Family

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

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