Radomír Šimůnek Sr.

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Radomír Šimůnek Sr.

Personal information

Born

8 April 1962 (age 62)
Plzeň, Yugoslava

Died

10 August 2010 (aged 48)
Kamenice, Czech Republic

Team information

Discipline

Cyclo-cross

Role

Rider

Medal record

Representing Czech Republic

Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships
	1991 Gieten	Elite Men's Race

Radomír Šimůnek Sr. (Czech pronunciation: [ˈradomiːr ˈʃɪmuːnɛk], 8 April 1962 in Plzeň – 10 August 2010 in Kamenice)^[1] was a Czech racing cyclist who mainly participated in cyclo-cross. Šimůnek's son, Radomír Šimůnek Jr. 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 Belgium and the Netherlands 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 Gieten.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[2]

Honours

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1980: 1st in Junior World Championships

1982: 2nd in Amateur World Championships

1983: 1st in Amateur World Championships

1984: 1st in Gieten; 1st in Amateur World Championships

1985: 1st in Rome

1989: 2nd in Amateur World Championships

1990: 1st in Rome; 1st in Steinmaur; 1st in Valkenswaard; 1st in Zarautz; 1st in Koksijde

1991: 1st in Czech elite national championships; 1st in Plzeň; 1st in Valkenswaard; 1st in Elite World Championships; 1st in Zillebeke

1992: 1st in Czech elite national championships

1994: 1st in Milan; 1st in Plzeň; 1st in Schulteiss-Cup

1996: 3rd in Czech elite national championships; 1st in Hlinsko

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

1998: 1st in Magstadt; 1st in Czech elite national championships

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

2000: 2nd in Czech elite national championships

References

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^ "Radomir Simunek dies at 48". ESPN. Associated Press. 10 August 2010.
^ Cibula, Václav (19 October 2015). "POHNUTÉ OSUDY: Zavinil nehodu, po které zůstali tři mrtví. Mistrovi světa Šimůnkovi to změnilo život". lidovky.cz (in Czech).

v t e UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race
1950–1959	1950: Jean Robic (FRA) 1951: Roger Rondeaux (FRA) 1952: Roger Rondeaux (FRA) 1953: Roger Rondeaux (FRA) 1954: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1955: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1956: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1957: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1958: André Dufraisse (FRA) 1959: Renato Longo (ITA)
1960–1979	1960: Rolf Wolfshohl (GER) 1961: Rolf Wolfshohl (GER) 1962: Renato Longo (ITA) 1963: Rolf Wolfshohl (GER) 1964: Renato Longo (ITA) 1965: Renato Longo (ITA) 1966: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1967: Renato Longo (ITA) 1968: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1969: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1970: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1971: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1972: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1973: Erik De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1974: Albert Van Damme (BEL) 1975: Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) 1976: Albert Zweifel (SUI) 1977: Albert Zweifel (SUI) 1978: Albert Zweifel (SUI) 1979: Albert Zweifel (SUI)
1980–1999	1980: Roland Liboton (BEL) 1981: Hennie Stamsnijder (NED) 1982: Roland Liboton (BEL) 1983: Roland Liboton (BEL) 1984: Roland Liboton (BEL) 1985: Klaus-Peter Thaler (GER) 1986: Albert Zweifel (SUI) 1987: Klaus-Peter Thaler (GER) 1988: Pascal Richard (SUI) 1989: Danny De Bie (BEL) 1990: Henk Baars (NED) 1991: Radomír Šimůnek (CZE) 1992: Mike Kluge (GER) 1993: Dominique Arnould (FRA) 1994: Paul Herygers (BEL) 1995: Dieter Runkel (SUI) 1996: Adri van der Poel (NED) 1997: Daniele Pontoni (ITA) 1998: Mario De Clercq (BEL) 1999: Mario De Clercq (BEL)
2000–2019	2000: Richard Groenendaal (NED) 2001: Erwin Vervecken (BEL) 2002: Mario De Clercq (BEL) 2003: Bart Wellens (BEL) 2004: Bart Wellens (BEL) 2005: Sven Nys (BEL) 2006: Erwin Vervecken (BEL) 2007: Erwin Vervecken (BEL) 2008: Lars Boom (NED) 2009: Niels Albert (BEL) 2010: Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) 2011: Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) 2012: Niels Albert (BEL) 2013: Sven Nys (BEL) 2014: Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) 2015: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2016: Wout van Aert (BEL) 2017: Wout van Aert (BEL) 2018: Wout van Aert (BEL) 2019: Mathieu van der Poel (NED)
2020–2039	2020: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2021: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2022: Tom Pidcock (GBR) 2023: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2024: Mathieu van der Poel (NED)

v t e UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's junior race
1979	1979: Iñaki Vijandi [es] (ESP)
1980–1999	1980: Radomír Šimůnek (TCH) 1981: Rigobert Matt (GER) 1982: Beat Schumacher [fr] (SUI) 1983: Roman Kreuziger (TCH) 1984: Ondrej Glajza (TCH) 1985: Beat Wabel (SUI) 1986: Stuart Marshall (GBR) 1987: Marc Janssens (BEL) 1988: Thomas Frischknecht (SUI) 1989: Richard Groenendaal (NED) 1990: Eric Boezewinkel (NED) 1991: Ondřej Lukeš [cs] (TCH) 1992: Roger Hammond (GBR) 1993: Kamil Ausbuher (CZE) 1994: Gretienus Gommers [nl] (NED) 1995: Zdeněk Mlynář (CZE) 1996: Roman Peter (SUI) 1997: David Rusch (SUI) 1998: Michael Baumgartner (SUI) 1999: Matthew Kelly (USA)
2000–2019	2000: Bart Aernouts (BEL) 2001: Martin Bína (CZE) 2002: Kevin Pauwels (BEL) 2003: Lars Boom (NED) 2004: Niels Albert (BEL) 2005: Davide Malacarne (ITA) 2006: Boy van Poppel (NED) 2007: Joeri Adams (BEL) 2008: Arnaud Jouffroy (FRA) 2009: Tijmen Eising (NED) 2010: Tomáš Paprstka (CZE) 2011: Clément Venturini (FRA) 2012: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2013: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2014: Thijs Aerts (BEL) 2015: Simon Andreassen (DEN) 2016: Jens Dekker (NED) 2017: Tom Pidcock (GBR) 2018: Ben Tulett (GBR) 2019: Ben Tulett (GBR)
2020–2039	2020: Thibau Nys (BEL) 2021: not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022: Jan Christen (SUI) 2023: Léo Bisiaux (FRA) 2024: Stefano Viezzi (ITA)

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National	Czech Republic