Radomír Šimůnek Sr.

Radomír Šimůnek Sr.

Personal information
Born	(1962-04-08) 8 April 1962 (age 62) Plzeň, Yugoslava
Died	10 August 2010(2010-08-10) (aged 48) Kamenice, Czech Republic
Team information
Discipline	Cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Medal record Representing  Czech Republic Men's cyclo-cross World Championships 1991 Gieten Elite Men's Race

Radomír Šimůnek Sr. (Czech pronunciation: [ˈradomiːr ˈʃɪmuːnɛk], 8 April 1962 in Plzeň – 10 August 2010 in Kamenice)^[1] was a Czech racing cyclist who mainly participated in cyclo-cross. Šimůnek's son, Radomír Šimůnek Jr. is also a cyclo-cross cyclist.

During the Czech communist era he was a two time amateur World Champion, but was unable to become a professional cyclist. The earnings he garnered from international matches in Belgium and the Netherlands were paid to the Czechoslovakia Cycling Union and Šimůnek did not receive his winnings. The political change in Eastern Europe in 1989 and 1990 finally allowed him to become a professional, before he won the World title at the 1991 World Championships in Gieten.^{[citation needed]}

In 1992 he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for causing a traffic accident that killed three people. He received a presidential pardon four months into his sentence.^[2]

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UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race

1950–1959

• Jean Robic (1950)
• Roger Rondeaux (1951–1953)
• André Dufraisse (1954–1958)
• Renato Longo (1959)

1960–1979

• Rolf Wolfshohl (1960–1961)
• Renato Longo (1962)
• Rolf Wolfshohl (1963)
• Renato Longo (1964–1965)
• Erik De Vlaeminck (1966)
• Renato Longo (1967)
• Erik De Vlaeminck (1968–1973)
• Albert Van Damme (1974)
• Roger De Vlaeminck (1975)
• Albert Zweifel (1976–1979)

1980–1999

• Roland Liboton (1980)
• Hennie Stamsnijder (1981)
• Roland Liboton (1982–1984)
• Klaus-Peter Thaler (1985)
• Albert Zweifel (1986)
• Klaus-Peter Thaler (1987)
• Pascal Richard (1988)
• Danny De Bie (1989)
• Henk Baars (1990)
• Radomír Šimůnek (1991)
• Mike Kluge (1992)
• Dominique Arnould (1993)
• Paul Herygers (1994)
• Dieter Runkel (1995)
• Adri van der Poel (1996)
• Daniele Pontoni (1997)
• Mario De Clercq (1998–1999)

2000–2019

• Richard Groenendaal (2000)
• Erwin Vervecken (2001)
• Mario De Clercq (2002)
• Bart Wellens (2003–2004)
• Sven Nys (2005)
• Erwin Vervecken (2006–2007)
• Lars Boom (2008)
• Niels Albert (2009)
• Zdeněk Štybar (2010–2011)
• Niels Albert (2012)
• Sven Nys (2013)
• Zdeněk Štybar (2014)
• Mathieu van der Poel (2015)
• Wout van Aert (2016–2018)
• Mathieu van der Poel (2019)

2020–2039

• Mathieu van der Poel (2020–2021)
• Tom Pidcock (2022)
• Mathieu van der Poel (2023–2024)