Antonín Šváb Jr.

{{Infobox Speedway rider

| image =

| name = Antonín Šváb Jr.

| nationality = Czech

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|6|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vlašim, Czechoslovakia

| career1 = Great Britain

| years2 = 1994–1995, 2005

| career2 = Exeter Falcons

| years3 = 1996

| career3 = Middlesbrough Bears

| years4 = 1998–2000

| career4 = Ipswich Witches

| career5 = Poland

| years6 = 1997

| career6 = Rybnik

| years7 = 1999–2003

| career7 = Zielona Góra

| career8 = Sweden

| years9 = 2000–2001

| career9 = Bysarna

| years10 = 2002

| career10 = Västervik

| indivyear1 = 2001

| indivhonour1 = Argentinian Champion

| teamyear1 = 1999 - Runner-up

| teamhonour1 = World Team Cup

| teamyear2 = 1998 - Runner-up

| teamhonour2 = European Club Champions' Cup

}}

Antonín "Toni" Šváb Jr. (born 9 June 1974)[http://speedway.com.pl/riders/antonin-svab/ Antonín Šváb | Polish Speedway Database]. Retrieved 2009-10-18. is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He earned 4 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=29 March 2024}}

Career

Šváb first rode in the British leagues in 1994 after signing for Exeter Falcons.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003596/19940319/048/0048 |title=Falcons hoping on Czech mate |website=Western Evening Herald |date=19 March 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 August 2024}} Later in 1996, he rode for Middlesbrough Bears.

Šváb won a silver medal in the 1999 Speedway World Team Cup for the Czech Republic. He has entered in three Individual Under-21 World Championship finals (1993–1995) and has started in the Speedway Grand Prix and the Speedway World Cup.

In 2001, he won the Argentine Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indma.php |title=HISTORICAL RESULTS 1930-2022 Argentinian Individual Speedway Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego |access-date=21 January 2023}}

On 8 January 2006 Šváb suffered very serious accident during a race in Argentina. He spent a month in a coma on life support and after recovery remained partially paralyzed on his left side, his short-term memory was damaged and eventually was given partial invalid retirement. In the middle of 2008, reflecting worsened health situation, Šváb decided to end his sport activities.[https://archive.today/20120912022810/http://www.super.cz/super-akce/22201-plochodrahar-antonin-svab-silena-rychlost-smyky-smrti-a-zlomene-kosti.html 2008 newspaper interview with Šváb] (in Czech)[http://moto.sport.cz/moto/motocykly/132131-zavodnik-svab-nechtel-jsem-skoncit-na-voziku-riziko-bylo-velke.html 2008 interview with Šváb after his decision to leave racing world] (in Czech)