Jan Hadek

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Jan Hadek
Born (1945-09-04) 4 September 1945 (age 78)
Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Team honours
1974 World Pairs finalist

Jan Hadek (born 4 September 1945) is a former speedway rider from Czechoslovakia. [1]

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Speedway career

Hadek partnered Jan Holub I to the World Pairs final at the 1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship, [2] [3] which was won by Sweden. [4]

In 1977, the Bristol Bulldogs team manager Pat Tapson unsuccessfully asked the Czech authorities to allow Hadek and Holub to compete in the British leagues. [5]

World Final appearances

World Pairs Championship

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References

  1. ↑ "Jan Hadek Snr". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "It's Ivan and me for pairs event" . Sports Argus. 29 June 1974. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN   0-09-141751-1.
  5. ↑ "Kiwi star signed uo by Bulldogs" . Western Daily Press. 22 March 1977. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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