Jan Kvěch

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Jan Kvěch
Born18 October 2001 (2001-10-18) (age 22)
Strakonice, Czech Republic
NationalityCzech
Career history
Poland
2020-2024Zielona Góra
2021Krosno
2023Rybnik
Sweden
2022Masarna
2023Lejonen
Individual honours
2019, 2022Czech Republic Championship bronze/silver
2022World Under-21 runner-up
2019, 2020European U19 Champion

Jan Kvěch (born 18 October 2001) is an international speedway rider from the Czech Republic.[1][2]

Career[edit]

Kvěch won the bronze medal at the Czech Republic Championship in 2019. He qualified for the 2021 Speedway Grand Prix[3] and won the 2020 European Individual Speedway Under 19 Championship.[4]

He won the silver medal at the World Under-21 Championship in the 2022 SGP2[5] and a silver medal at the 2022 Czech National Championship.[6]

In 2023, he was part of the Czech team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland.[7] Also in 2023, by finishing fifth in the Grand Prix Challenge, he sealed a place in the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix.[8]

Major results[edit]

World individual Championship[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "JAN KVECH". Speedway Under 21. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Jan Kvěch". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. ^ "KVECH SET FOR COLLARBONE SURGERY". SpeedwayGP. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ^ "European U19 Individual Speedway Cup: Jan Kvech wins the final in Slovakia". FIM. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Żużel. Mateusz Cierniak indywidualnym mistrzem świata juniorów". sport.tvp.pl. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Speedway from around the globe". Speedway Star page 46. 22 October 2022.
  7. ^ "WELCOME TO SWC". FIM. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Nine nations represented as 2024 Speedway GP line-up is confirmed". FIM Europe. Retrieved 5 October 2023.