Radomír Šimůnek senior

Radomír Šimůnek (born April 8, 1962 in Plzeň , † August 10, 2010 in Kamenice u Prahy ) was a Czech cross-country cyclist . He was a professional cyclist from 1989 to 1998.

Life

Šimůnek, who started for the RH Plzen club , began his sporting career as a successful junior athlete. In 1980 he won the junior world champion title. He then switched to the amateur field of competitive athletes and was also world champion cyclo-cross in 1983 and 1984. In 1982 and 1989 he was vice world champion. After the political change in what was then the Eastern Bloc in 1989/90, Šimůnek switched to professionals. A little later, in 1991 in Gieten , he won the professional world championship. Šimůnek was then voted Czechoslovak Sportsman of the Year. In 1992, his career was cut short after he caused a car accident that killed three people and was sentenced to imprisonment. After four months he was released early due to an amnesty given by President Václav Havel . At the end of the millennium he was voted Czech cyclist of the 20th century . Nationally, Šimůnek won seven titles as Czechoslovakian and from 1992 as Czech champions between 1984 and 1998. In 2000 he finished his career with a second place in the national championships. He died at the age of only 48 after a long and serious illness.

His son Radomír Šimůnek jr. is also a successful cyclist in the cross-country area and was trained by his father.

statistics

Teams

• 1992: Saxon (Belgium)
• 1993: Saxon-Breitex (Switzerland)
• 1995: Tönissteiner-Saxon (Belgium)

successes

• 1980: Junior World Champion cyclo-cross
• 1983: Amateur world champion cyclo-cross
• 1984: Amateur world champion cyclo-cross
• 1991: Professional world champion cyclo-cross
• 1984, 1991 + 1992, 1994 + 1995, 1997 + 1998: Czech cross country champion

Honors

Šimůnek was voted Czech cyclist of the 20th century. In 1991 he was athlete of the year in the Czech Republic. In 1983, 1984 and 1991 he was the winner of the annual Král cyklistiky ( cycling king ) survey of the Československý svaz cyklistiky cycling association.

Web links

• statistics

Individual evidence

1. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 12/1988 . Berlin, S. 8 .
2. ↑ Radomir Simunek dies at 48 (English)
3. ↑ Ex-cyclo-cross world champion Simunek died at the age of 48 ( memento from September 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Kleine Zeitung from August 10, 2010
4. ^ Former world cyclo-cross champion Radomir Simunek dies
5. ↑ Král cyklistiky. Retrieved April 8, 2019 (Czech).