{{Short description|Czech speedway rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Use British English|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | image = Bohumil Brhel.jpg | name = Bohumil Brhel | nationality = Czech | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|6|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Zlín|Gottwaldov]], [[Czechoslovakia]] | career1 = '''Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic''' | years2 = 1986–1989 | career2 = [[Rudá Hvězda Praha (speedway)|Rudá Hvězda Praha]] | years3 = 1990–2006 | career3 = [[Olymp Praha (speedway)|Olymp Praha]] | career4 = '''Great Britain''' | years5 = 1990–1995, 1997–1999 | career5 = [[King's Lynn Stars]] | years6 = 1996 | career6 = [[Oxford Cheetahs]] | years7 = 2002 | career7 = [[Peterborough Panthers]] | career10 = '''Poland''' | years11 = 1991 | career11 = [[RKM Rybnik|Rybnik]] | years12 = 1992–1994 | career12 = [[Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski|Gorzów]] | years13 = 1999–2003 | career13 = [[Stal Rzeszów (motorcycle speedway)|Rzeszów]] | years14 = 2005 | career14 = [[Kolejarz Opole|Opole]] | years15 = 2006 | career15 = [[TŻ Lublin|Lublin]] | career16 = '''Sweden''' | years17 = 2001 | career17 = [[Bysarna]] | years18 = 2002 | career18 = [[Indianerna]] | years19 = 2003 | career19 = [[Valsarna]] | years20 = 2006 | career20 = [[Kaparna]]
| indivyear1 = [[2001 Individual Speedway European Championship|2001]] | indivhonour1 = [[Individual Speedway European Championship|European Champion]] | indivyear2 = 1992, 1993, 1998, | indivhonour2 = Czech Republic Champion | indivyear3 = 2000, 2001, 2004 | indivhonour3 = | indivyear4 = 1985 | indivhonour4 = Czechoslovak Under-21 Champion | teamyear1 = 2004 | teamhonour1 = [[European Pairs Speedway Championship|European Pairs Champion]] | teamyear2 = 1996 | teamhonour2 = [[Premier League Four-Team Championship]] }}
'''Bohumil Brhel''' (born 10 June 1965) is a Czech former [[motorcycle speedway]] rider.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/227/bohumil-brhel |title=Bohumil Brhel |website=WWOS Backup |access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/bohumil-brhel/ |title=Bohumil Brhel Czechy |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref> He earned 10 international caps for the [[Czechoslovakia national speedway team]] and 15 caps for the [[Czech Republic national speedway team]].<ref name=URI>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref>
==Career== Brhel started racing in the British leagues during the [[1990 British League season]], when riding for the [[King's Lynn Stars]].<ref name=URI/> He spent six season with them from 1990 to 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://grasstrackgb.co.uk/bohumil-brhel/ |title=Bohumil Brhel |website=GrasstrackGB |access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004857/19930325/063/0063 |title=Back on Track |website=Billericay Gazette |date=25 March 1993 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref>
In 1996, he joined the [[Oxford Cheetahs]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002472/19960415/235/0028 |title=Jan's on track for long stay at Racers |website=Reading Evening Post |date=15 April 1996 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref> from King's Lynn and was part of the four that won the [[Premier League Four-Team Championship]], which was held on 4 August 1996, at the [[East of England Arena]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Cheetahs race to four team title |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=5 August 1996 |access-date=5 July 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003600/19960805/026/0034 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
He returned to King's Lynn the following season and rode with them until the end of the 1999 season.
Brhel won the [[2001 Individual Speedway European Championship|2001 Individual European Champion]] title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaya-z.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2007100501|title=Bohumil Brhel v pondělí oficiálně ukončí kariéru|date=2007-10-05|publisher=speedwaya-z.cz|language=cs|accessdate=14 June 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718183928/http://www.speedwaya-z.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2007100501|archivedate=18 July 2011}}</ref>
He won the Czechoslovak title on six occasions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmczechoslowacji.php|title=Individual Czechoslovak Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref>
==Results== ===World Finals===
'''Individual''' * [[1989 Individual Speedway World Championship|1989]] - {{flagicon|GER}} [[Munich]], [[Olympic Stadium (Munich)|Olympic Stadium]] - 16th - 1pt *[[1994 Individual Speedway World Championship|1994]] - {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Vojens]], [[Vojens Speedway Center]] - 10th - 6pts
'''Grand Prix''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Year !! Position !! Points !! Best finish !! Notes |- | [[1998 Speedway Grand Prix|1998]] || 26th || 5 || 16th || |- | [[2000 Speedway Grand Prix|2000]] || 33rd || 1 || 24th || |- | [[2001 Speedway Grand Prix|2001]] || 24th || 7 || || |- | [[2002 Speedway Grand Prix|2002]] || 33rd || 3 || || |- | [[2003 Speedway Grand Prix|2003]] || 22nd || 26 || || |- | [[2004 Speedway Grand Prix|2004]] || 19th || 32 || || |}
'''World (European) Under-21 Championship''' * [[1986 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship|1986]] {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Rivne]] - 4th - 10pts
'''World Team Cup''' * [[1990 Speedway World Team Cup|1990]] - {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pardubice]] - 4th - 19pts (6) * [[1999 Speedway World Team Cup|1999]] - {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pardubice]] - '''2nd''' - 35pts (9) * [[2002 Speedway World Cup Final|2002]] - {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peterborough]], [[East of England Showground]] - 5th - 36pts (5)
'''World Pairs Championship''' * [[1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1989]] - {{flagicon|POL}} [[Leszno]], [[Alfred Smoczyk Stadium]] (with [[Zdeněk Tesař]]) - 7th - 25pts (14) * [[1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1991]] - {{flagicon|POL}} [[Poznań]], [[Olimpia Poznań Stadium]] (with [[Roman Matoušek]]) - 5th 18pts (12)
'''Individual European Championship''' * [[2001 Individual Speedway European Championship|2001]] - {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Heusden-Zolder]], [[Heusden-Zolder Speedway]] - '''Winner''' - 14pts * [[2002 Individual Speedway European Championship|2002]] - {{flagicon|POL}} [[Rybnik]], [[Rybnik Municipal Stadium]] - 5th - 10pts
'''European Pairs Championship''' * [[2004 European Pairs Speedway Championship|2004]] - '''Winner''' - 28pts (16) * [[2005 European Pairs Speedway Championship|2005]] - '''2nd''' - 27pts (13+4) * [[2006 European Pairs Speedway Championship|2006]] - 4th - 15pts (0)
'''European Club Champions' Cup''' * [[1998 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup|1998]] - '''2nd''' - 36pts (9) * [[2004 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup|2004]] - 4th - 42pts (12)
'''Individual Czechoslovak Championship''' * 1986 - 15th - 17pts * 1987 - 16th - 19pts * 1988 - 6th - 53pts * 1989 - 4th - 61pts * 1991 - '''2nd''' - 14pts
'''Individual Czech Republic Championship''' * 1992 - '''Winner''' - 15pts * 1993 - '''Winner''' - 14pts * 1994 - 4th - 11pts + 2pts * 1995 - 10 - 6pts * 1996 - '''3rd''' - 13pts + 1pt * 1997 - '''2nd''' - 13pts + 1pts * 1998 - '''Winner''' - 14pts * 1999 - '''3rd''' - 12pts * 2000 - '''Winner''' - 50pts * 2001 - '''Winner''' - 75pts * 2002 - '''2nd''' - 14pts + 2pts * 2004 - '''Winner''' - 14pts + 3pts
'''Individual Junior Czechoslovak Championship''' * 1983 - 16th - 32pts * 1985 - '''Winner''' - 43pts
===Longtrack=== ''''World Longtrack Final'''
* 1994 {{Flagicon|CZE}} Marianske Lazne (8th) 9pts * 1995 {{Flagicon|GER}} Scheessel (5th) 17pts * 1996 {{Flagicon|GER}} Herxheim (14th) 5pts * 1997 5 app (12th) 43pts (Grand-Prix-Series)
==See also== *[[List of Speedway Grand Prix riders]] *[[Czech Republic speedway team]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
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