Jan Kvěch

Jan Kvěch

Born	18 October 2001 (2001-10-18) (age 23) Strakonice, Czech Republic
Nationality	Czech
Career history
Czech Republic
2024	Prague
Poland
2020–2024	Zielona Góra
2021	Krosno
2023	Rybnik
2025	Toruń
Sweden
2022	Masarna
2023	Lejonen
Great Britain
2024–2025	King's Lynn Stars
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
SGP Number	201
Starts	16
Finalist	0 times
Winner	0 times
Individual honours
2024	Czech Republic champion
2022	World Under-21 runner-up
2019, 2020	European U19 Champion
Team honours
2024	European U23 Championship silver

Jan Kvěch (born 18 October 2001) is a Czech international speedway rider. He is a member of the Czech Republic national speedway team.

Career

Kvěch won the bronze medal at the Czech Republic Championship in 2019. He qualified for the 2021 Speedway Grand Prix[1] and won the 2020 European Individual Speedway Under 19 Championship.[2]

He won the silver medal at the World Under-21 Championship in the 2022 SGP2[3] and a silver medal at the 2022 Czech National Championship.[4]

In 2023, he was part of the Czech team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland.[5] Also in 2023, by finishing fifth in the Grand Prix Challenge, he sealed a place in the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix.[6]

In 2024, he made his British debut riding for King's Lynn Stars in the SGB Premiership 2024,[7] rode for the Czech Republic during the 2024 Speedway of Nations (world team championship)[8] and won the silver medal at the 2024 European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship.[9] He finished the season in style after becoming the champion of his country, winning the 2024 Czech Republic title.[10]

Kvěch re-signed for King's Lynn Stars for the SGB Premiership 2025.[11]

Major results

World individual Championship

• 2023 Speedway Grand Prix – =31st
• 2024 Speedway Grand Prix – 15th

References

1. "KVECH SET FOR COLLARBONE SURGERY". SpeedwayGP. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
2. "European U19 Individual Speedway Cup: Jan Kvech wins the final in Slovakia". FIM. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
3. "Żużel. Mateusz Cierniak indywidualnym mistrzem świata juniorów". sport.tvp.pl. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
4. "Speedway from around the globe". Speedway Star. 22 October 2022. p. 46.
5. "WELCOME TO SWC". FIM. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
6. "Nine nations represented as 2024 Speedway GP line-up is confirmed". FIM Europe. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
7. "Jan-tastic!". Speedway Star. 22 June 2024. p. 22.
8. "Antti Vuolas called up for Finland in Speedway of Nations". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
9. "Medals for the young from Stal and Falubaz. Champions title for the Poles". Gazeta Lubuska. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
10. "Kvech claims first Czech title". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
11. "King's Lynn Stars announce 2025 line-up for Premiership campaign". Lynn News. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.