Luboš Tomíček Sr.

Luboš Tomíček, Sr. (1934-1968) was an international speedway rider from Czechoslovakia.

Speedway career
Tomíček reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship. He was also the captain of the Czechoslovakian team and champion of Czechoslovakia five times from 1961 until 1965 after winning the Czechoslovakian Championship.

During the 1968 Golden Helmet of Pardubice he was killed in an accident after falling directly under the wheels of the speedway rider behind him. An annual memorial event has been held in his memory since.

Individual World Championship

 * 1965 – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium – 16th – 2pts

World Team Cup

 * 1960 - 🇸🇪 Göteborg, Ullevi (with Jaroslav Machač / František Richter / Antonín Kasper Sr.) - 3rd - 15pts (4)
 * 1961 - 🇵🇱 Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Stanislav Svoboda / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 4th - 12pts (7)
 * 1962 - Slaný, Slaný Speedway Stadium (with Bedřich Slaný / Karel Průša / Jaroslav Volf / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 4th - 16pts (7)
 * 1963 - 🇦🇹 Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Stanislav Kubíček / Miroslav Šmíd / Antonín Kasper Sr. - 2nd - 27pts (5)
 * 1968 - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Jaroslav Volf] / Jan Holub I) - 4th' - 7pts (2)

Family
His grandson Luboš Tomíček Jr. (born 1986) was also an international speedway rider.