Marián Jirout

Marián Jirout
Born (1976-07-23) July 23, 1976 (age 48)
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Career history
Poland
1998, 2000–2001Tarnów
1999Rawicz
2006–2007Miskolc
Great Britain
1995–1997, 1999, 2001Peterborough
2002–2003Somerset
2004Newcastle
2007Mildenhall

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 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

1999 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 12)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
1 /6 Czech Republic Czech Rep. SGP 23 1 (0,0) 12
2 /6 Sweden Swedish SGP 21 2 (0,1) 22
3 /6 Poland Polish SGP 23 1 (1,0) 19
4 /6 United Kingdom British SGP 23 1 (n,n) 21
5 /6 Poland Polish II SGP injury → (25) Mark Loram 22
6 /6 Denmark 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. ^ a b "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Pride of Panthers". Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. 2 March 1995. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Speedway: Diamonds late reshuffle". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  8. ^ 2007 newspaper interview after Jirout decided to stop racing (in Czech)
  9. ^ http://www.vcm-sbirky.cz/zlataprilba/historie_4.html (in Czech)