Jiří Štancl
{{Short description|Czech speedway rider}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Jiří Štancl
| image =
| nationality = Czechoslovak
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|11|18|df=y}}
| death_date =
| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia
| career1 = Czechoslovakia
| years2 = 1969–1985
| career2 = Rudá Hvězda Praha
| career3 = Great Britain
| years4 = 1976, 1978
| career4 = Coventry Bees
| years5 = 1979–1980, 1982
| career5 = Reading Racers
| indivyear1 = 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983
| indivhonour1 = Czech National Champion
| indivyear2 = 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982
| indivhonour2 = Golden Helmet of Pardubice
| indivyear3 = 1982
| indivhonour3 = Continental Champion
| teamyear1 = 1978, 1980
| teamhonour1 = British League Champion
| teamyear2 = 1976, 1978
| teamhonour2 = Midland Cup
}}
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.{{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
Štancl was born on 18 November 1949 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.{{cite book| last = Oakes | first = Peter | author2=Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE |authorlink2=Ivan Mauger | title = Who's Who of World Speedway| publisher = Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd | year = 1976 | isbn = 0-904584-04-6}} 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.Oakes, P.(2005). British Speedway Who's Who. {{ISBN|0-948882-30-1}}{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|page=78|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}
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 }} This was also the first time that he reached the world longtrack final.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002192/19740622/001/0001 |title=Track talk |website=Sports Argus |date=22 June 1974 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 August 2024}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19800913/262/0014 |title=Racer Jiri bidding for world glory |website=Reading Evening Post |date=13 September 1980 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 August 2024}}
Family
His son, George, is also a rider.
World Final appearances
=Individual Speedway World Championship=
- 1971 – {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg, Ullevi - 13th - 3pts
- 1976 – {{Flagicon|POL}} Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 10th - 6pts
- 1977 – {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg, Ullevi - 14th - 3pts
- 1978 – {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 2pts
- 1980 – {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg, Ullevi - 13th - 5pts
- 1981 – {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 16th - 3pts
- 1982 – {{Flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - 9th - 7pts
- 1983 – {{Flagicon|GER}} Norden, Motodrom Halbemond - 16th - 1pt
- 1984 – {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg, Ullevi - 15th - 1ptBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}
=Speedway World Pairs Championship=
- 1970 – {{flagicon|SWE}} Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Václav Verner) - 5th - 11pts (6)
- 1972 – {{Flagicon|SWE}} Borås, Ryavallen (with Jan Holub I) - 6th - 12pts (7)
- 1973 – {{Flagicon|SWE}} Borås, Ryavallen (with Petr Ondrašík) - 6th - 11pts (9)
- 1977 – {{Flagicon|ENG}} Manchester, Hyde Road (with Jan Verner) - 4th - 17pts (11)
- 1978 – {{Flagicon|POL}} Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Jan Verner) - 4th - 18pts (9)
- 1982 – {{Flagicon|AUS}} Sydney, Liverpool City Raceway (with Aleš Dryml) - 7th - 8pts (5)
- 1984 – {{Flagicon|ITA}} Lonigo, Pista Speedway (with Aleš Dryml - 6th - 10pts (5)
=Speedway World Team Cup=
- 1970 – {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium] (with Zdeněk Majstr / Václav Verner / Miloslav Verner / Jan Holub) - 4th - 3pts (0)
- 1977 – {{Flagicon|POL}} Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Václav Verner / Jan Verner / Aleš Dryml) - 3rd - 23pts (8)
- 1978 – {{Flagicon|FRG}} Landshut, Ellermühle Stadium (with Václav Verner / Jan Verner / Aleš Dryml) - 4th - 16+2pts (7+2)
- 1979 – {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, White City Stadium (with Zdeněk Kudrna / Aleš Dryml / Václav Verner ) - 3rd - 19pts (6)
- 1980 – {{Flagicon|POL}} Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Zdeněk Kudrna / Aleš Dryml / Václav Verner / Petr Ondrašík) - 4th - 12pts (4)
- 1982 – {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, White City Stadium (with Aleš Dryml / Václav Verner / Petr Ondrašík / Antonín Kasper Jr.) - 4th - 17pts (4)
- 1983 – {{flagicon|DEN}} Vojens, Speedway Center (with Aleš Dryml / Václav Verner / Antonín Kasper Jr. / Petr Ondrašík) - 4th - 3pts (2)
=Individual Longtrack World Championship=
- 1974 – {{Flagicon|FRG}} Scheeßel - 11th - 9pts
- 1975 – {{Flagicon|YUG}} Gornja Radgona - 11th - 9pts
- 1976 – {{Flagicon|TCH}} Mariánské Lázně - 5th - 16pts
- 1977 – {{Flagicon|DEN}} Aalborg - 4th - 15pts
- 1978 – {{Flagicon|FRG}} Mühldorf - 9th - 11pts
- 1979 – {{Flagicon|TCH}} Mariánské Lázně - 4th - 17pts
- 1980 – {{Flagicon|FRG}} Scheeßel - 13th - 6pts
- 1981 – {{Flagicon|YUG}} Gornja Radgona - 10th - 6pts
- 1982 – {{Flagicon|DEN}} Esbjerg (Korskro) - 17th - 4pts
- 1983 – {{Flagicon|TCH}} Mariánské Lázně - 2nd - 20pts
- 1984 – {{Flagicon|FRG}} Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz - 8th - 9pts
- 1985 – {{Flagicon|DEN}} Esbjerg (Korskro) - 2nd - 19pts
References
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