Jiří Štancl
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Jiří Štancl (born 18 November 1949) is a Czech former international motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 39 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team.[1]
Career
Štancl was born on 18 November 1949 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.[2] He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on nine occasions between 1971 and 1984, finishing a career best 9th in 1982 in Los Angeles.
He won the Czechoslovak National Championship twelve times, has appeared in the World Team Cup finals on seven occasions and in the Speedway World Pairs Championship finals seven times.[3][4]
In 1974, he represented his country in a test series against England.[5] This was also the first time that he reached the world longtrack final.[6] He would go on to compete in 12 consecutive finals.
Štancl won the famed Golden Helmet of Pardubice in 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981 and 1982 and was also twice runner-up at the World Longtrack Championships in 1983 and 1985.
In the British leagues he rode for the Coventry Bees and Reading Racers.[7]
Family
His son, George, is also a rider.
World Final appearances
Individual Speedway World Championship
- 1971 – Template:Flagicon Gothenburg, Ullevi - 13th - 3pts
- 1976 – Template:Flagicon Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 10th - 6pts
- 1977 – Template:Flagicon Gothenburg, Ullevi - 14th - 3pts
- 1978 – Template:Flagicon London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 2pts
- 1980 – Template:Flagicon Gothenburg, Ullevi - 13th - 5pts
- 1981 – Template:Flagicon London, Wembley Stadium - 16th - 3pts
- 1982 – Template:Flagicon Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - 9th - 7pts
- 1983 – Template:Flagicon Norden, Motodrom Halbemond - 16th - 1pt
- 1984 – Template:Flagicon Gothenburg, Ullevi - 15th - 1pt[8]
Speedway World Pairs Championship
- 1970 – Template:Flagicon Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Václav Verner) - 5th - 11pts (6)
- 1972 – Template:Flagicon Borås, Ryavallen (with Jan Holub I) - 6th - 12pts (7)
- 1973 – Template:Flagicon Borås, Ryavallen (with Petr Ondrašík) - 6th - 11pts (9)
- 1977 – Template:Flagicon Manchester, Hyde Road (with Jan Verner) - 4th - 17pts (11)
- 1978 – Template:Flagicon Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Jan Verner) - 4th - 18pts (9)
- 1982 – Template:Flagicon Sydney, Liverpool City Raceway (with Aleš Dryml) - 7th - 8pts (5)
- 1984 – Template:Flagicon Lonigo, Pista Speedway (with Aleš Dryml - 6th - 10pts (5)
Speedway World Team Cup
- 1970 – Template:Flagicon London, Wembley Stadium] (with Zdeněk Majstr / Václav Verner / Miloslav Verner / Jan Holub) - 4th - 3pts (0)
- 1977 – Template:Flagicon Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Václav Verner / Jan Verner / Aleš Dryml) - 3rd - 23pts (8)
- 1978 – Template:Flagicon Landshut, Ellermühle Stadium (with Václav Verner / Jan Verner / Aleš Dryml) - 4th - 16+2pts (7+2)
- 1979 – Template:Flagicon London, White City Stadium (with Zdeněk Kudrna / Aleš Dryml / Václav Verner ) - 3rd - 19pts (6)
- 1980 – Template:Flagicon Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Zdeněk Kudrna / Aleš Dryml / Václav Verner / Petr Ondrašík) - 4th - 12pts (4)
- 1982 – Template:Flagicon London, White City Stadium (with Aleš Dryml / Václav Verner / Petr Ondrašík / Antonín Kasper Jr.) - 4th - 17pts (4)
- 1983 – Template:Flagicon Vojens, Speedway Center (with Aleš Dryml / Václav Verner / Antonín Kasper Jr. / Petr Ondrašík) - 4th - 3pts (2)
Individual Longtrack World Championship
- 1974 – Template:Flagicon Scheeßel - 11th - 9pts
- 1975 – Template:Flagicon Gornja Radgona - 11th - 9pts
- 1976 – Template:Flagicon Mariánské Lázně - 5th - 16pts
- 1977 – Template:Flagicon Aalborg - 4th - 15pts
- 1978 – Template:Flagicon Mühldorf - 9th - 11pts
- 1979 – Template:Flagicon Mariánské Lázně - 4th - 17pts
- 1980 – Template:Flagicon Scheeßel - 13th - 6pts
- 1981 – Template:Flagicon Gornja Radgona - 10th - 6pts
- 1982 – Template:Flagicon Esbjerg (Korskro) - 17th - 4pts
- 1983 – Template:Flagicon Mariánské Lázně - 2nd - 20pts
- 1984 – Template:Flagicon Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz - 8th - 9pts
- 1985 – Template:Flagicon Esbjerg (Korskro) - 2nd - 19pts
References
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