Jiří "Áda" Pospíšil (9 September 1950 – 13 June 2019) was a Czech
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
player. He was voted to the
Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team.
National team career
Pospíšil competed with the senior
Czechoslovakian national team in the men's tournament at the
1972
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,
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 ...
, and
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
.
He died on 13 June 2019 at age 68.
Basketbalový svět smutní, v Ádovi přišel o velkou legendu
With Czechoslovakia, he also won the bronze medal at the 1977 EuroBasket
The 1977 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1977, was the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.
Venues
Group stage Group A – Liège
Group B – Ostend
...
.
See also
*Czechoslovak Basketball League career stats leaders
Czechoslovak Basketball League career stats leaders are the all-time stats leaders of the now defunct top-tier level professional basketball league of Czechoslovakia, the Czechoslovak Basketball League (CSBL). Czech Basketball Federation Hall of ...
References
External links
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1950 births
2019 deaths
Czechoslovak men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players of Czechoslovakia
Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Brno
1970 FIBA World Championship players
1978 FIBA World Championship players
Czech men's basketball players
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