Pavel Ondrašík
{{Short description|Czech speedway rider}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| image =
| name= Pavel Ondrašík
| nationality = Czech
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia
| career1 = Czech Republic
| years2 = 1995–2003, 2005–2007
| career2 = Prague
| years3 = 2004
| career3 = Pardubice
| career4 = Poland
| years5 = 1995
| career5 = Kraków
| years6 = 1996–1998
| career6 = Opole
| years7 = 1999–2000
| career7 = Rawicz
| years8 = 2001
| career8 = Lublin
| career9 = Sweden
| years10 = 1998–2000
| career10 = Karlstad
| years11 = 2000
| career11 = Valsarna
| career12 = Great Britain
| years13 = 2001–2003
| career13 = Trelawny
| years14 = 2004
| career14 = Newport
| years15 = 2005
| career15 = Exeter
| years16 = 2006
| career16 = Somerset
| indivyear1 = 1995, 1996
| indivhonour1 = Czech Under-21 Champion
| teamyear1 = 2002
| teamhonour1 = Premier Trophy
| teamyear2 = 1995, 1998, 2003, 2004
| teamhonour2 = Czech Div One Champion
}}
Pavel Ondrašík (born 10 December 1975 in Prague, Czechoslovakia)Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. {{ISBN|0-948882-81-6}} is a Czech former motorcycle speedway rider.{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/pavel-ondrasik/ |title=Pavel Ondrašík Czechy |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=31 March 2023}}
Career
Ondrasik failed to gain a work permit despite agreeing terms with Reading Racers in 1996.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002472/19960415/235/0028 |title=Jan's on track for long stay at Racers |website=Reading Evening Post |date=15 April 1996 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 September 2024}} He finally rode in the United Kingdom five years later, for the Trelawny Tigers in the 2001 Premier League,{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Rider_Index_2008.pdf |title=2008 Rider index |website=British Speedway |access-date=31 March 2023}} although he had been targeted previously by King's Lynn Stars.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003808/19990420/652/0056 |title=Brhel leaves it late in world qualifier |website=Lynn Advertiser |date=20 April 1999 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 August 2024}}
He stayed with the Tigers until their closure in 2003. He then spent seasons with Newport Wasps{{cite web |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/4606143.czech-in-the-post-for-wasps/ |title=Czech in the post for Wasps |website=South Wales Argus |date=24 March 2004 |access-date=28 August 2024}} and the Exeter Falcons. His season with the Somerset Rebels was cut short in 2006 after he suffered a broken wrist.{{cite web |url=https://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/pavel-ondrasik-19-03-06/ |title=Pavel Ondrasik, Somerset Rebels star, breaks wrist in accident |website=Burnham on Sea |date=19 March 2006 |access-date=28 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2139/pavel-ondrasik |title=Pavel Ondrasik |website=WWOS Backup |access-date=31 March 2023}}
In 2000, he won the silver medal at the Czech Republic Individual Speedway Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmczechoslowacji.php|title=Individual Czechoslovakian Championship at Zuzla {{sic|Indv|idual|nolink=y}} Czechoslovakian Championship|website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=24 July 2021}}
Family
Pavel is the son of former Czechoslovak international speedway rider Petr Ondrašík.
References
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Category:Czech speedway riders
Category:Exeter Falcons riders
Category:Czech expatriate speedway riders in England
Category:Expatriate speedway riders in Wales
Category:Somerset Rebels riders
Category:Trelawny Tigers riders
Category:Motorcycle racers from Prague
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