Born | Vlašim, Czechoslovakia | 9 June 1974
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Nationality | Czech |
Career history | |
Great Britain | |
1994-1995, 2005 | Exeter Falcons |
1996 | Middlesbrough Bears |
Poland | |
1997 | Rybnik |
1999-2003 | Zielona Góra |
Individual honours | |
2001 | Argentinian Champion |
Team honours | |
1999 - Runner-up | World Team Cup |
1998 - Runner-up | European Club Champions' Cup |
Antonín "Toni" Šváb Jr. (born 9 June 1974) [1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He earned 4 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team. [2]
Šváb won a silver medal in the 1999 Speedway World Team Cup for the Czech Republic. He has entered in three Individual Under-21 World Championship finals (1993–1995) and has started in the Speedway Grand Prix and the Speedway World Cup.
In 2001, he won the Argentine Championship. [3]
On 8 January 2006 Šváb suffered very serious accident during a race in Argentina. He spent a month in a coma on life support and after recovery remained partially paralyzed on his left side, his short-term memory was damaged and eventually was given partial invalid retirement. In the middle of 2008, reflecting worsened health situation, Šváb decided to end his sport activities. [4] [5]
Šváb's father, Antonín Šváb Sr., also a speedway rider, was the winner of the Individual Ice Racing World Champion title in 1970.