Marian Jirout (born 21 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 first rode in the British leagues in 1995 for Peterborough Panthers.[5]
Jirout rode in the 1999 Speedway Grand Prix.[6] 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. However, he recovered well enough to start riding again for Newcastle Diamonds during the 2004 season.[7]
In October 2007, during the Zlatá přilba race in Pardubice, he broke three vertebrae in a fall and decided to end career of rider.[8]
Family
His father Jiří Jirout (1953–2000), also a speedway rider, won a silver medal in the 1979 Team Ice Racing World Championship.[9]
Results
Speedway Grand Prix
| Race no. | Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw No |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 /6 |  Czech Rep. SGP
|
23 | 1 | (0,0) | 12 |
| 2 /6 |  Swedish SGP
|
21 | 2 | (0,1) | 22 |
| 3 /6 |  Polish SGP
|
23 | 1 | (1,0) | 19 |
| 4 /6 |  British SGP
|
23 | 1 | (n,n) | 21 |
| 5 /6 | Polish II SGP
|
injury → (25) Mark Loram | 22 | ||
| 6 /6 |  Danish SGP
|
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.
- ^ "Pride of Panthers". Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. 2 March 1995. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway: Diamonds late reshuffle". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ 2007 newspaper interview after Jirout decided to stop racing (in Czech)
- ^ http://www.vcm-sbirky.cz/zlataprilba/historie_4.html (in Czech)
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