Marián Jirout
Born | (1976-07-23) July 23, 1976 (age 48) Pardubice, Czechoslovakia |
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Nationality | Czech |
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 |
Marián Jirout (born 23 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]
Career
Jirout rode in the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix.[5] 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 but he eventually recovered.
In October 2007, during the Zlatá přilba race in Pardubice, he broke three vertebrae in a fall and decided to end career of rider.[6]
Family
His father Jiří Jirout (1953–2000), also a speedway rider, won a silver medal in the 1979 Team Ice Racing World Championship.[7]
Results
Speedway Grand Prix
Race no. | Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw No |
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1 /6 | ![]() | 23 | 1 | (0,0) | 12 |
2 /6 | ![]() | 21 | 2 | (0,1) | 22 |
3 /6 | ![]() | 23 | 1 | (1,0) | 19 |
4 /6 | ![]() | 23 | 1 | (n,n) | 21 |
5 /6 | ![]() | injury → (25) Mark Loram | 22 | ||
6 /6 | ![]() | 19 | 3 | (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
- Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
European Championships
See also
References
- ^ speedway.com.pl/riders/marian-jirout
- ^ "Marián Jirout Czechy". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ a b "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ 2007 newspaper interview after Jirout decided to stop racing (in Czech)
- ^ http://www.vcm-sbirky.cz/zlataprilba/historie_4.html (in Czech)