Marián Jirout

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

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 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)
- 1998 - Vojens - 5th place (5 points)
- 2000 - 3rd place in Semi-Final A
- 2001 - - 7th place (4th place in Race-off)

European Championships

European Club Champions' Cup
- 2000 - Piła - 4th place (3 points)
- 2002 - Pardubice - Runner-up (6 points)

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)

[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.

[URI-4] "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] ttp://www.vcm-sbirky.cz/zlataprilba/historie_4.html (in Czech)

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