Luboš Tomíček

Luboš Tomíček (born 14 March 1986 in Prague, Czech Republic) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He earned four international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team.

Career Tomíček comes from a three-generation motorsport family; his grandfather and father Luboš Tomíček Sr. were also professional speedway riders.

In 2003, Tomíček made his British league debut after riding four times for Oxford Cheetahs during the 2003 Elite League speedway season.

After a short loan spell with Newcastle, Tomíček returned to Oxford in 2005, spending three seasons with them from 2005 to 2007. In 2007, he reached the final of the 2007 Speedway Under-21 World Championship and won a bronze medal at the Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship.

The following season, Tomíček appeared in the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix series and signed for Lakeside Hammers, where he helped the team finish second in the 2008 Elite League speedway season.

Tomíček won the league with his Prague club in 2012 and had a final season in Britain with the Berwick Bandits, but retired after the 2012 season due to private reasons.

Speedway Grand Prix results

Honours

Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix): 2006 - 22nd place (4 points in 1 GP) 2007 - 26th place (4 points in 1 GP) 2008 - 19th place (8 points in 2 GP) Speedway Under-21 World Championship: 2006 Terenzano - track reserve 2007 Ostrów Wlkp. - 15th place (2 point) Speedway World Cup: 2008 - 7th place (4 points in Event 2) Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship: 2005 Pardubice - 4th place (2 points) 2007 Abensberg - Bronze medal (6 points) European Individual Speedway Junior Championship: 2003 Pocking - 13th place (5 points) 2004 Rybnik - 11th place (6 points) 2005 Mšeno - 12th place (5 points) European Speedway Club Champions' Cup: 2004 Ljubljana - 4th place (8 points) 2007 Miskolc - 4th place (5 points) Individual Czech Championship: 2006 - 4th place 2007 - 3rd place Individual U-21 Czech Championship: 2001 - 5th place 2002 - 4th place