Marián Jirout

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]

Marián Jirout
Born (1976-07-23) July 23, 1976
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Career history
Poland
1998, 2000–2001Tarnów
1999Rawicz
2006–2007Miskolc
Great Britain
1995–1997, 1999, 2001Peterborough
2002–2003Somerset
2004Newcastle
2007Mildenhall

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

1999 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 12)
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

European Championships

See also

References

  1. speedway.com.pl/riders/marian-jirout
  2. "Marián Jirout Czechy". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  4. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. 2007 newspaper interview after Jirout decided to stop racing (in Czech)
  7. http://www.vcm-sbirky.cz/zlataprilba/historie_4.html (in Czech)
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