Born | 6 May 1949 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
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Died | 13 March 2018 Prague, Czech Republic | (aged 68)
Nationality | Czech |
Career history | |
Czechoslovakia | |
1970–1981 | Rudá Hvězda Praha |
Great Britain | |
1977–1979 & 1993–1995 | Exeter Falcons |
1980, 1982–1983 | Poole Pirates |
1996 | Ryde Wight Wizards |
Individual honours | |
1971 | Czechoslovakian champion |
1980, 1982, 1984 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
1978 | Yorkshire TV Trophy winner |
Team honours | |
1978 | Spring Gold Cup |
Václav Verner (6 May 1949 – 13 March 2018) was an international speedway rider. [1] [2] He earned 42 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team. [3]
He was the individual champion of Czechoslovakia, after winning the Czechoslovakian Championship in 1971, finished runner-up five time (1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980) and third twice (1975, 1981). [4]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway for Exeter Falcons and Poole Pirates. [5]
His brother Jan Verner and uncle Miloslav Verner were also international speedway riders. [6]
Verner died in 2018 after a long illness. [5]