Jan Verner

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| name = Jan Verner

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| nationality = Czech

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|3|3}}

| birth_place = Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| career1 = Czechoslovakia

| career2 = Rudá Hvězda Praha

| years2 = 1972–1985

| career3 = Great Britain

| career4 = Exeter Falcons

| years4 = 1978, 1979

| career5 = Swindon Robins

| years5 = 1980, 1982

| career6 = Cradley Heathens

| years6 = 1982

| indivyear1 = 1977

| indivhonour1 = World Championship finalist

| indivyear2 = 1977

| indivhonour2 = Continental Final Champion

| teamyear1 = 1982

| teamhonour1 = British League Cup

| teamyear2 = 1978

| teamhonour2 = Spring Gold Cup

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Jan Verner (born 3 March 1951) is a Czech former speedway rider.{{cite web |title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinal_v |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806020124/https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinal_v |archive-date=2018-08-06 |access-date=10 July 2021 |website=British Speedway}} He earned 9 international caps for the Czechoslovakia 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}}

Speedway career

Verner reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=World Speedway finals|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=10 July 2021}}

In 1974, he represented his country in a test series against England.{{cite news |title=Browning for England |work=Walsall Observer |date=19 April 1974 |access-date=17 August 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004844/19740419/027/0027 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} In 1980, he was part of the Prague team that toured the United Kingdom.{{cite news |title=Speedway |work=The Scotsman |date=23 August 1980 |access-date=17 August 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19800823/528/0023 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1978–1982, riding for various clubs.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/848/jan-verner|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=10 July 2021}}