Jan Verner

Jan Verner (born 3 March 1951) is a Czech former speedway rider.^[1] He earned 9 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team.^[2]

Jan Verner

Born	(1951-03-03) 3 March 1951 (age 74) Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
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

Speedway career

Verner reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship.^[3]

In 1974, he represented his country in a test series against England.^[4] In 1980, he was part of the Prague team that toured the United Kingdom.^[5]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1978–1982, riding for various clubs.^[6][7]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1977 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – 15th – 1pt
• 1978 – London, Wembley Stadium – 12th – 5pts

World Pairs Championship

• 1977 – Manchester, Hyde Road (with Jiří Štancl) – 4th – 17pts (6)
• 1978 – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Jiří Štancl) – 4th – 18pts
• 1981 – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Aleš Dryml Sr.) – 4th – 18pts

World Team Cup

• 1977 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Jiří Štancl / Václav Verner / Aleš Dryml) – 3rd – 23pts (5)
• 1978 – Landshut, Ellermühle Stadium (with Jiří Štancl / Václav Verner / Aleš Dryml) – 4th – 16+2pts (5)

World Longtrack Championship

• 1976 – Mariánské Lázně 19th 0pts
• 1977 – Aalborg 14th 4pts
• 1978 – Mühldorf 13th 9pts

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

• 1972 – Nässjö 14th 4pts
• 1973 – Inzell 11th 11pts
• 1975 – Moscow 13th 8pts
• 1976 – Assen 9th 12pts
• 1977 – Inzell 6th 16pts
• 1985 – Assen, 9th

Family

His brother Václav Verner and his uncle Miloslav Verner were also international speedway riders.^[7]