Miroslav Šmíd is a Czech former international speedway rider.

Speedway career

Šmíd won a silver medal at the

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in the

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. 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 Šmíd to race in Britain in 1968, where he starred alongside

Antonín Kasper Sr. Antonín Kasper Sr. (31 October 1932 – 12 November 2017) was an international Motorcycle speedway rider from Czechoslovakia. He earned 13 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team. Speedway career Kasper Sr. won two m ...

and Antonín Šváb Sr. and drew attention as the rider to watch out for on the tour following a strong World Championship qualifying campaign.

World final appearances

World Team Cup

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, Stadion Wien (with Stanislav Kubíček / Luboš Tomíček Sr. /

- 2nd - 27pts (5)

References

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