Marián Jirout

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Marian Jirout
Born (1976-07-21) 21 July 1976 (age 49)
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Career history
Poland
1998, 2000–2001 Tarnów
1999 Rawicz
2006–2007 Miskolc
Great Britain
1995–1997, 1999, 2001 Peterborough
2002–2003 Somerset
2004 Newcastle
2007 Mildenhall

Marian Jirout (born 21 July 1976 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia) [1] is a former motorcycle speedway from the Czech Republic. [2] [3] He earned 5 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team. [4]

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Career

Jirout first rode in the British leagues in 1995 for Peterborough Panthers. [5]

Jirout rode in the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix. [6] In Britain, he raced with the Peterborough Panthers for five seasons from 1995 to 2001. [4]

Following a car accident in January 2003 he was almost left paralysed. However, he recovered well enough to start riding again for Newcastle Diamonds during the 2004 season. [7]

In October 2007, during the Zlatá přilba race in Pardubice, he broke three vertebrae in a fall and decided to end career of rider. [8]

Family

His father Jiří Jirout (1953–2000), also a speedway rider, won a silver medal in the 1979 Team Ice Racing World Championship. [9]

Results

Speedway Grand Prix

1999 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 12)
Race no.Grand PrixPos.Pts.HeatsDraw No
1 /6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Rep. SGP 231(0,0)12
2 /6 Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish SGP 212(0,1)22
3 /6 Flag of Poland.svg Polish SGP 231(1,0)19
4 /6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British SGP 231(n,n)21
5 /6 Flag of Poland.svg Polish II SGP injury → (25) Mark Loram 22
6 /6 Flag of Denmark.svg Danish SGP 193(2,0,0)22
 permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
 rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

World Championships

European Championships

See also

References

  1. ↑ speedway.com.pl/riders/marian-jirout
  2. ↑ "Marián Jirout Czechy". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  4. 1 2 "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Pride of Panthers" . Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. 2 March 1995. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Speedway: Diamonds late reshuffle". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  8. ↑ 2007 newspaper interview after Jirout decided to stop racing (in Czech)
  9. ↑ http://www.vcm-sbirky.cz/zlataprilba/historie_4.html (in Czech)
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