Bohumír Bartoněk
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| Born | 10 May 1939 Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Czech |
| Career history | |
| Czechoslovakia | |
| 1958–1966 | Rudá Hvězda Praha |
| Individual honours | |
| 1959, 1961 | Continental finalist |
| Team honours | |
| 1960 | Speedway World Team Cup bronze medal |
| 1961, 1962 | Speedway World Team Cup finalist |
Bohumír Bartoněk (born 10 May 1939) is a former international speedway rider from Czechoslovakia.[1]
Speedway career
[edit]Bartoněk reached the 1959 Continental Speedway final as part of the 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2]
Bartoněk helped the Czech Republic reach the final of the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup at the 1960 Speedway World Team Cup,[3] where he won a bronze medal despite not riding because he was the official reserve rider.[4] He was twice a Continental Speedway Finalist in 1959 and 1961.[5][6]>
World final appearances
[edit]World Team Cup
[edit]- 1960 -
Göteborg, Ullevi (with František Richter / Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Antonín Kasper Sr.) - 3rd - 15pts (dnr) - 1961 -
Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Stanislav Svoboda / Luboš Tomíček Sr.) - 4th - 1pts (7) - 1962 -
Slaný, Slaný Speedway Stadium (with Bedřich Slaný / Karel Průša / Jaroslav Volf / Luboš Tomíček Sr.) - 4th - 16pts (0)
References
[edit]- ^ "Bohumir Bartonek". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Tough Moore". Sunday Mirror. 28 June 1959. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "World Team Cup Preview". Speedway Star and News, Vol 9 No.24. 3 September 1960.
- ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 100. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
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