Radomír Šimůnek Sr. (, 8 April 1962 in

Plzeň Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...

– 10 August 2010 in Kamenice) was a

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racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

who mainly participated in

cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ...

. Šimůnek's son,

Radomír Šimůnek Jr. Radomír Šimůnek Jr. (, born 6 September 1983) is a Czech former professional racing cyclist. Born in Plzeň, Šimůnek participates mainly in cyclo-cross and has won a silver medal at the Junior and under-23 World Championships. His father, al ...

is also a cyclo-cross cyclist. During the Czech communist era he was a two time amateur World Champion, but was unable to become a professional cyclist. The earnings he garnered from international matches in

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and the

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were paid to the Czechoslovakia Cycling Union and Šimůnek did not receive his winnings. The political change in Eastern Europe in 1989 and 1990 finally allowed him to become a professional, before he won the World title at the 1991 World Championships in

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. In 1992 he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for causing a traffic accident that killed three people. He received a presidential pardon four months into his sentence.

Honours

;1980 : 1st in Junior World Championships ;1982 : 2nd in Amateur World Championships ;1983 : 1st in Amateur World Championships ;1984 : 1st in

: 1st in Amateur World Championships ;1985 : 1st in

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;1989 : 2nd in Amateur World Championships ;1990 : 1st in

: 1st in Steinmaur : 1st in

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: 1st in

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: 1st in

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;1991 : 1st in Czech elite national championships : 1st in

: 1st in

: 1st in Elite World Championships : 1st in

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;1992 : 1st in Czech elite national championships ;1994 : 1st in

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: 1st in

: 1st in Schulteiss-Cup ;1996 : 3rd in Czech elite national championships : 1st in

Hlinsko Hlinsko () is a town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,600 inhabitants. The local part of Betlém is well preserved example of folk architecture and is protected as a Cultural monument (Czech Republi ...

;1997 : 1st in Czech elite national championships : 1st in

: 1st in

Kolín Kolín (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monume ...

;1998 : 1st in Magstadt : 1st in Czech elite national championships ;1999 : 3rd in Czech elite national championships : 1st in

Olomouc Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ...

;2000 : 2nd in Czech elite national championships

References

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