Born | Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia | 3 March 1951
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Nationality | Czech |
Career history | |
Czechoslovakia | |
1972–1985 | Rudá Hvězda Praha |
Great Britain | |
1978, 1979 | Exeter Falcons |
1980, 1982 | Swindon Robins |
1982 | Cradley Heathens |
Individual honours | |
1977 | World Championship finalist |
1977 | Continental Final Champion |
Team honours | |
1982 | British League Cup |
1978 | Spring Gold Cup |
Jan Verner (born 3 March 1951) is a former international speedway rider from the Czech Republic.[1] He earned 9 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team.[2]
Verner reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1978-1982, riding for various clubs.[4][5]
His brother Václav Verner and his uncle Miloslav Verner were also international speedway riders.[5]