Antonín Kasper

Antonín Kasper Sr. (31 October 1932 – 12 November 2017) was an international Motorcycle speedway rider from Czechoslovakia. He earned 13 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team.

Speedway career Kasper Sr. won two medals at the Speedway World Team Cup in 1960 and 1963. He also won the prestigious Golden Helmet of Pardubice in 1963.

In 1967, he was part of the Prague team that toured the United Kingdom and 1968, where he starred alongside Antonín Šváb Sr.

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, joining the Coventry Bees for the 1968 British League season. He stayed with the Midlands club in 1969 before switching to West Ham Hammers for the 1970 British League season.

World final appearances World Team Cup 1960 - Gothenburg, Ullevi (with Jaroslav Machač / František Richter / Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 3rd - 15pts (5) 1961 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Stanislav Svoboda / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 4th - 12pts (4) 1963 - Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Stanislav Kubíček / Miroslav Šmíd / Luboš Tomíček Sr. - 2nd - 27pts (10) 1968 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Luboš Tomíček Sr. / Jaroslav Volf / Jan Holub I) - 4th' - 7pts (3)

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship 1966 - 2 rounds, 7th - 30pts 1968 - 2 rounds, 7th - 33pts 1969 - Inzell, 6th - 9pts 1970 - Nässjö, 14th - 3pts

Family His son Antonín Kasper Jr. (1962-2006) was also an international speedway rider.