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Jan Holub I (12 August 1942 – 18 February 2018) was a motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic.[1] He was capped 12 times by the Czechoslovakian national speedway team.[2]
| Born | 12 August 1942 České Budějovice, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |
|---|---|
| Died | 18 February 2018 (aged 75) České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Career history | |
| Czechoslovakia | |
| 1969 | Slaný |
| Great Britain | |
| 1969-1970 | Exeter Falcons |
| Individual honours | |
| 1968, 1969 | Czechoslovak champion |
Holub was a two times champion of the Czechoslovakia, winning the 1968 and 1969 Czechoslovak Individual Speedway Championship.[3][4][5]
In 1967, he was part of the Prague team that toured the United Kingdom.[6]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for Exeter Falcons from 1969 until 1970.[7]
Holub reached three Speedway World Pairs Championship finals, the third was in 1974 when partnered Jan Hadek to the final at the 1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship,[8] which was won by Sweden.
In 1977, the Bristol Bulldogs team manager Pat Tapson unsuccessfully asked the Czech authorities to allow Holub and Jan Hadek to compete in the British leagues.[9]
World Pairs Championship
- 1969 -
Stockholm (with Zdeněk Majstr) - 5th - 12pts (8) - 1972 - Borås (with Jiří Štancl) - 6th - 12pts (5)
- 1974 –
Manchester, Hyde Road (with Jan Hadek) – 7th – 6pts (3)
World Team Cup
- 1968 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Jaroslav Volf) - 4th - 7pts
- 1970 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Zdeněk Majstr / Jiří Štancl / Miloslav Verner / Václav Verner) - 4th - 3pts
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