Antonín Šváb, Jr.

Antonín "Toni" Šváb Jr. (born 9 June 1974) is a Czech former motorcycle speedway rider. He earned four international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team.

Career Šváb first rode in the British leagues in 1994 after signing for Exeter Falcons. Later in 1996, he rode for Middlesbrough Bears.

Šváb won a silver medal in the 1999 Speedway World Team Cup for the Czech Republic. He has entered in three Individual Under-21 World Championship finals (1993–1995) and has started in the Speedway Grand Prix and the Speedway World Cup.

In 2001, Šváb won the Argentine Championship.

On 8 January 2006, Šváb suffered very serious accident during a race in Argentina. He spent a month in a coma on life support and after recovery remained partially paralyzed on his left side, his short-term memory was damaged and eventually was given partial invalid retirement. In the middle of 2008, reflecting worsened health situation, Šváb decided to end his sport activities.

Family Šváb's father, Antonín Šváb Sr., also a speedway rider, was the winner of the Individual Ice Racing World Champion title in 1970.

Career details

World Championships Individual Speedway World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix 1999 - 29th place (2 pts in one event) 2004 - 40th place (2 pts in one event) Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup) 1993 - 4th place in Group A 1999 - Pardubice - Runner-up (0 pts) 2000 - 3rd place in Semi Final 2003 - - 6th place (4 pts in Race-off) Individual U-21 World Championship 1993 - Pardubice - 9th place (7 pts) 1994 - Elgane - 10th place (5 pts) 1995 - Tampere - 12th place (4 pts)

European Championships Individual European Championship 2003 - Slaný - 11th place (6 pts) European Club Champions' Cup 1998 - Bydgoszcz - Runner-up (11 pts) for PSK Olymp Prague 1999 - Diedenbergen - 4th place (6 pts) for PSK Olymp Prague