Antonín Kasper Sr.
Antonín Kasper Sr. (31 October 1932 – 12 November 2017) was an international Motorcycle speedway rider from Czechoslovakia.[1] He earned 13 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team.[2]
Speedway career
Kasper Sr. won two medals at the Speedway World Team Cup in 1960[3] and 1963.[4][5] He also won the prestigious Golden Helmet of Pardubice in 1963.
In 1967, he was part of the Prague team that toured the United Kingdom[6][7] and 1968, where he starred alongside Antonín Šváb Sr..[8]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, joining the Coventry Bees for the 1968 British League season.[9] He stayed with the Midlands club in 1969 before switching to West Ham Hammers for the 1970 British League season.[10][1][11]
World final appearances
World Team Cup
- 1960 -
Gothenburg, Ullevi (with Jaroslav Machač / František Richter / Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 3rd - 15pts (5) - 1961 -
Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Stanislav Svoboda / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 4th - 12pts (4) - 1963 -
Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Stanislav Kubíček / Miroslav Šmíd / Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 2nd - 27pts (10) - 1968 -
London, Wembley Stadium (with Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Jaroslav Volf / Jan Holub I) - 4th' - 7pts (3)
Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
- 1966 -
2 rounds, 7th - 30pts - 1968 - 2 rounds, 7th - 33pts
- 1969 -
Inzell, 6th - 9pts - 1970 - Nässjö, 14th - 3pts
Family
His son Antonín Kasper Jr. (1962-2006) was also an international speedway rider.[12]
References
- ^ a b "Antonin Kasper snr". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Speedway". Daily Mirror. 3 September 1960. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway Czechs meet King's Lynn". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 4 August 1967. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Czechs are coming". Lynn Advertiser. 23 March 1967. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Leicester Lions vs Prague". Leicester Daily Mercury. 12 August 1968. Retrieved 29 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Kaiser out - Kasper in". Sunday Mirror. 19 May 1968. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "A TO Z OF BEES RIDERS 1929-2016". Coventry Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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