Miloslav Verner

Miloslav Verner
Born(1938-06-25)25 June 1938
Czechoslovakia
Died18 December 2018(2018-12-18) (aged 80)
NationalityCzech
Career history
Czechoslovakia
Individual honours
1970World Longtrack finalist
1971Czechoslovak Championship bronze medal
Team honours
1970World Team Cup finalist

Miloslav Verner also known as Mila Verner (25 June 1938 – 18 December 2018) was a Czech motorcycle speedway rider.

Speedway career

Like many Czech riders of the time, the Czechoslovak 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 Verner to race in Britain in 1967 and again in 1971.

Verner won the bronze medal in the 1971 Czechoslovak Individual Speedway Championship. He also reached the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship in 1970.

Verner was also part of the Czechoslovak team that reached the final of the 1970 Speedway World Team Cup.

On 24 March 1973, Verner set a new track record at the Letňa Avia, in Čakovice of 1:13.2.

World Final appearances

World Team Cup

World Longtrack Championship

Family

Verner's nephews Jan and Václav and his grandson Filip Šitera were also international speedway riders.

References

  1. ↑ "Miroslav Verner". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to 1968". Hackney Speedway. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Czechoslovakian Team for Long Eaton". Long Eaton Advertiser. 23 March 1967. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Speedway Czechs meet King's Lynn". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 4 August 1967. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Speedway Stars set to face the Young Czechs". Kentish Express. 6 August 1971. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Czech champions". Speedway Stats. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "History before the establishment of AMK Čakovice". Speedway Hanzz. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.