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Miroslav Šmíd (speedway rider)

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Czech speedway rider
Miroslav Šmíd
BornCzechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Team honours
1963Speedway World Team Cup silver medal / finalist

Miroslav Šmíd is a former international speedway rider from Czechoslovakia.

Speedway career

Šmíd won a silver medal at the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1963 Speedway World Team Cup.

Like many Czech riders of the time, the Czechsolovak authorities rarely allowed riders to compete for British league teams but they did allow club sides such as Prague to tour the United Kingdom, which allowed Šmíd to race in Britain in 1968.

World final appearances

World Team Cup

References

  1. "THE CZECH SCENE by peter oakes". Hackney Speedway. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  3. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  5. "Speedway". Sports Argus. 3 August 1968. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 14 July 2021.


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