Antonín Šváb Jr.

Antonín "Toni" Šváb Jr. (born 9 June 1974) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He earned 4 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team.

Career
Šváb won a silver medal in the 1999 Speedway World Team Cup for the Czech Republic. He has entered in three Individual Under-21 World Championship finals (1993–1995) and has started in the Speedway Grand Prix and the Speedway World Cup.

In 2001, he won the Argentine Championship.

On 8 January 2006 Šváb suffered very serious accident during a race in Argentina. He spent a month in a coma on life support and after recovery remained partially paralyzed on his left side, his short-term memory was damaged and eventually was given partial invalid retirement. In the middle of 2008, reflecting worsened health situation, Šváb decided to end his sport activities.

Family
Šváb's father, Antonín Šváb Sr., also a speedway rider, was the winner of the Individual Ice Racing World Champion title in 1970.

World Championships

 * Individual Speedway World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix
 * 1999 - 29th place (2 pts in one event)
 * 2004 - 40th place (2 pts in one event)
 * Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
 * 1993 - 4th place in Group A
 * 1999 - 🇨🇿 Pardubice - Runner-up (0 pts)
 * 2000 - 3rd place in Semi Final
 * 2003 - - 6th place (4 pts in Race-off)
 * Individual U-21 World Championship
 * 1993 - 🇨🇿 Pardubice - 9th place (7 pts)
 * 1994 - 🇳🇴 Elgane - 10th place (5 pts)
 * 1995 - 🇫🇮 Tampere - 12th place (4 pts)

European Championships

 * Individual European Championship
 * 2003 - 🇨🇿 Slaný - 11th place (6 pts)
 * European Club Champions' Cup
 * 1998 - 🇵🇱 Bydgoszcz - Runner-up (11 pts) for PSK Olymp Prague
 * 1999 - 🇩🇪 Diedenbergen - 4th place (6 pts) for PSK Olymp Prague