Kamil Brabenec (born 4 February 1951) is a retired Czech professional

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player and

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. At 6'4" (1.93 m) tall, he was a

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. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team.

Playing career

Club career

During his club career, Brabenec was a

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, in 1977 and 1978. He won 6 Czechoslovakian League championships, in the years 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1987, and 1988. He was also the league's second all-time scorer, with 10,726 points scored.

National team career

Brabenec helped to lead the senior Czechoslovakia national team to a

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silver medal, at the

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, as well as to two EuroBasket bronze medals, in

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, and 1981. He was also the leading scorer of the

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, with a scoring average of 26.9 points per game.http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/cid/WMM/sid/2909/_/1978_World_Championship_for_Men/player-leaders.html

Coaching career

After his playing career, Brabenec worked as a

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