Ondřej Smetana (born 2 May 1995) is a Czech

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rider.

Career

As a 16-year-old he won a bronze medal at the 2011 Speedway Youth World Championship. The following year he reached the final of the 2012 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship and in 2014 won a bronze medal at the Team Junior European Championship. He reached the final of the 2016 Speedway Under-21 World Championship. He won the 2019 edition of the

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. Smetana signed for Newcastle Diamonds for the 2020 season but due to the

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he was unable to make his British leagues debut. In 2021, he signed for

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but once again did not make his British debut because of quarantine restrictions relating to COVID-19.

References

Living people 1995 births Czech speedway riders {{CzechRepublic-speedway-bio-stub