Jan Verner
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Jan Verner (born 3 March 1951) is a Czech former speedway rider. He earned 9 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team.
Speedway career
Verner reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship.
In 1974, he represented his country in a test series against England. In 1980, he was part of the Prague team that toured the United Kingdom.
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1978–1982, riding for various clubs.
World final appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1977 – Sweden Gothenburg, Ullevi – 15th – 1pt
- 1978 – England London, Wembley Stadium – 12th – 5pts
World Pairs Championship
- 1977 – England Manchester, Hyde Road (with Jiří Štancl) – 4th – 17pts (6)
- 1978 – Poland Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Jiří Štancl) – 4th – 18pts
- 1981 – Poland Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Aleš Dryml Sr.) – 4th – 18pts
World Team Cup
- 1977 – Poland Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Jiří Štancl / Václav Verner / Aleš Dryml) – 3rd – 23pts (5)
- 1978 – West Germany Landshut, Ellermühle Stadium (with Jiří Štancl / Václav Verner / Aleš Dryml) – 4th – 16+2pts (5)
World Longtrack Championship
- 1976 – Czechoslovakia Mariánské Lázně 19th 0pts
- 1977 – Denmark Aalborg 14th 4pts
- 1978 – West Germany Mühldorf 13th 9pts
Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
- 1972 – Sweden Nässjö 14th 4pts
- 1973 – West Germany Inzell 11th 11pts
- 1975 – Soviet Union Moscow 13th 8pts
- 1976 – Netherlands Assen 9th 12pts
- 1977 – West Germany Inzell 6th 16pts
- 1985 – Netherlands Assen, 9th
Family
His brother Václav Verner and his uncle Miloslav Verner were also international speedway riders.