Jan Holub I Explained

Jan Holub I
Nationality:Czech
Birth Date:12 August 1942
Birth Place:České Budějovice, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Death Place:České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Career1:Czechoslovakia
Years2:1969
Career2:Slaný
Career3:Great Britain
Career4:Exeter Falcons
Years4:1969-1970
Indivyear1:1968, 1969
Indivhonour1:Czechoslovak champion

Jan Holub I (12 August 1942 – 18 February 2018) was a motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic.[1] He was capped 12 times by the Czechoslovakian national speedway team.[2]

Speedway career

Holub was a two times champion of the Czechoslovakia, winning the 1968 and 1969 Czechoslovak Individual Speedway Championship.[3] [4] [5]

In 1967, he was part of the Prague team that toured the United Kingdom.[6]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for Exeter Falcons from 1969 until 1970.[7]

World Final appearances

World Pairs Championship

World Team Cup

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 2 July 2021.
  2. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 12 August 2023.
  3. Book: Oakes, Peter. 1981 Speedway Yearbook. 1981. 78. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. 0-86215-017-5.
  4. Web site: Czech champions. Speedway Stats. 31 January 2011 . 29 March 2024.
  5. Web site: Individual Czechoslovak Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. 24 March 2024.
  6. News: Speedway Czechs meet King's Lynn . Peterborough Evening Telegraph . 4 August 1967 . 17 August 2024. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  7. Web site: History Archive. British Speedway. 2 July 2021.