Antonín Kasper Sr.
Antonín Kasper Sr. was an international Motorcycle speedway rider from Czechoslovakia. He earned 13 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team.
Speedway career
Kasper Sr. won two medals at the Speedway World Team Cup in 1960 and 1963. He also won the prestigious Golden Helmet of Pardubice in 1963.In 1967, he was part of the Prague team that toured the United Kingdom and 1968, where he starred alongside Antonín Šváb Sr.
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, joining the Coventry Bees for the 1968 British League season. He stayed with the Midlands club in 1969 before switching to West Ham Hammers for the 1970 British League season.
World final appearances
World Team Cup
- 1960 - Gothenburg, Ullevi - 3rd - 15pts
- 1961 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium - 4th - 12pts
- 1963 - Vienna, Stadion Wien
- 1968 - London, Wembley Stadium - 4th' - 7pts
Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
- 1966 - 2 rounds, 7th - 30pts
- 1968 - 2 rounds, 7th - 33pts
- 1969 - Inzell, 6th - 9pts
- 1970 - Nässjö, 14th - 3pts