Jiří Pospíšil (basketball)
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| Born | 9 September 1950 Brno, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 June 2019 (aged 68) | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Czech | ||||||||||||||
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Jiří "Áda" Pospíšil (9 September 1950 – 13 June 2019) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team.
National team career
[edit]Pospíšil competed with the senior Czechoslovakian national team in the men's tournament at the 1972, 1976, and 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] He died on 13 June 2019 at age 68.[2] With Czechoslovakia, he also won the bronze medal at the 1977 EuroBasket.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jiří Pospíšil Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ Basketbalový svět smutní, v Ádovi přišel o velkou legendu (in Czech)
External links
[edit]- Jiří Pospíšil at FIBA.com (archived)
- Jiří Pospíšil – Basketball-Reference.com international player profile
- Jiří Pospíšil at Olympedia
- Jiří Pospíšil at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
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- 1970 FIBA World Championship players
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