Bohumil Brhel

Bohumil Brhel (born 10 June 1965) is a Czech former motorcycle speedway rider.^[1][2] He earned 10 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team and 15 caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team.^[3]

Bohumil Brhel

Born	(1965-06-10) 10 June 1965 (age 59) Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Career history
Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic
1986–1989	Rudá Hvězda Praha
1990–2006	Olymp Praha
Great Britain
1990–1995, 1997–1999	King's Lynn Stars
1996	Oxford Cheetahs
2002	Peterborough Panthers
Poland
1991	Rybnik
1992–1994	Gorzów
1999–2003	Rzeszów
2005	Opole
2006	Lublin
Sweden
2002	Indianerna
2006	Kaparna
Individual honours
2001	European Champion
1992, 1993, 1998,	Czech Republic Champion
1985	Czechoslovak Under-21 Champion
Team honours
2004	European Pairs Champion
1996	Premier League Four-Team Championship

Career

Brhel started racing in the British leagues during the 1990 British League season, when riding for the King's Lynn Stars.^[3] He spent six season with them from 1990 to 1995.^[4][5]

In 1996, he joined the Oxford Cheetahs^[6] from King's Lynn and was part of the four that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 4 August 1996, at the East of England Arena.^[7]

He returned to King's Lynn the following season and rode with them until the end of the 1999 season.

Brhel won the 2001 Individual European Champion title.^[8]

He won the Czechoslovak title on six occasions.^[9]

Results

World Finals

Individual

• 1989 - Munich, Olympic Stadium - 16th - 1pt
• 1994 - Vojens, Vojens Speedway Center - 10th - 6pts

Grand Prix

Year	Position	Points	Best finish	Notes
1998	26th	5	16th
2000	33rd	1	24th
2001	24th	7
2002	33rd	3
2003	22nd	26
2004	19th	32

World (European) Under-21 Championship

• 1986 Rivne - 4th - 10pts

World Team Cup

• 1990 - Pardubice - 4th - 19pts (6)
• 1999 - Pardubice - 2nd - 35pts (9)
• 2002 - Peterborough, East of England Showground - 5th - 36pts (5)

World Pairs Championship

• 1989 - Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium (with Zdeněk Tesař) - 7th - 25pts (14)
• 1991 - Poznań, Olimpia Poznań Stadium (with Roman Matoušek) - 5th 18pts (12)

Individual European Championship

• 2001 - Heusden-Zolder, Heusden-Zolder Speedway - Winner - 14pts
• 2002 - Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium - 5th - 10pts

European Pairs Championship

• 2004 - Winner - 28pts (16)
• 2005 - 2nd - 27pts (13+4)
• 2006 - 4th - 15pts (0)

European Club Champions' Cup

• 1998 - 2nd - 36pts (9)
• 2004 - 4th - 42pts (12)

Individual Czechoslovak Championship

• 1986 - 15th - 17pts
• 1987 - 16th - 19pts
• 1988 - 6th - 53pts
• 1989 - 4th - 61pts
• 1991 - 2nd - 14pts

Individual Czech Republic Championship

• 1992 - Winner - 15pts
• 1993 - Winner - 14pts
• 1994 - 4th - 11pts + 2pts
• 1995 - 10 - 6pts
• 1996 - 3rd - 13pts + 1pt
• 1997 - 2nd - 13pts + 1pts
• 1998 - Winner - 14pts
• 1999 - 3rd - 12pts
• 2000 - Winner - 50pts
• 2001 - Winner - 75pts
• 2002 - 2nd - 14pts + 2pts
• 2004 - Winner - 14pts + 3pts

Individual Junior Czechoslovak Championship

• 1983 - 16th - 32pts
• 1985 - Winner - 43pts

Longtrack

'World Longtrack Final

• 1994 Marianske Lazne (8th) 9pts
• 1995 Scheessel (5th) 17pts
• 1996 Herxheim (14th) 5pts
• 1997 5 app (12th) 43pts (Grand-Prix-Series)

See also

• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
• Czech Republic speedway team

References

1. "Bohumil Brhel". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
2. "Bohumil Brhel Czechy". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
3. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
4. "Bohumil Brhel". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
5. "Back on Track". Billericay Gazette. 25 March 1993. Retrieved 29 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Jan's on track for long stay at Racers". Reading Evening Post. 15 April 1996. Retrieved 3 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Cheetahs race to four team title". Hull Daily Mail. 5 August 1996. Retrieved 5 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Bohumil Brhel v pondělí oficiálně ukončí kariéru" (in Czech). speedwaya-z.cz. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
9. "Individual Czechoslovak Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 29 March 2024.