Ondřej Smetana (speedway rider)
Ondřej Smetana (born 2 May 1995) is a motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic [1][2][3][4]
| Born | 2 May 1995 (age 29) Prague, Czech Republic |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Czech |
| Individual honours | |
| 2019 | French Individual Speedway Championship |
| Team honours | |
| 2014 | Team Junior European Championship |
Career edit
As a 16-year-old he won a bronze medal at the 2011 Speedway Youth World Championship. The following year he reached the final of the 2012 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship and in 2014 won a bronze medal at the Team Junior European Championship.
He reached the final of the 2016 Speedway Under-21 World Championship. He won the 2019 edition of the French Individual Speedway Championship.[5]
Smetana signed for Newcastle Diamonds for the 2020 season but due to the COVID-19 pandemic he was unable to make his British leagues debut.[6]
In 2021, he signed for Poole Pirates but once again did not make his British debut because of quarantine restrictions relating to COVID-19.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Ondřej Smetana 2021 rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Ondrej Smetana". PoBandzie. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Ondřej Smetana". Speedway News Cz. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Ondřej Smetana". Zuzelend. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Individual French Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "DIAMONDS SNAP UP SMETANA, SKORJA". Speedway Star. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Pirates snap up young Dane Benjamin Basso to replace Smetana". Daily Echo. Retrieved 9 June 2023.