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Radomír Šimůnek

August 10, 2010

Czech bikecrosser (1962-2010)

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Radomír Šimůnek was a Czechoslovak and later a Czech cyclocross representative. Before 1989, he became the amateur world champion twice, in 1991 he won the gold medal at the world championship in Gieten, in the same year he was elected Sportsman of the Year by the Club of Sports Journalists. In 1992, he caused a car accident in which three people died, for which he was sentenced to an 18-month suspended sentence. After five months in prison, he was released thanks to Václav Havel's pardon.

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