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1946 EuroBasket
The 1946 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1946, was the fourth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA and the first since 1939 due to World War II. Ten national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took part in the competition. Switzerland hosted the tournament for a second time, as the championship returned to Geneva. EuroBasket 1946 saw the beginning of the use of the jump shot, pioneered by Italy's Giuseppe Stefanini. Results The 1946 competition consisted of a preliminary round, with one group of four teams and two groups of three teams each. Each team played the other teams in its group once. The top team in each of the groups of three and the top two teams in the group of four played in the semifinals for the top four rankings; the middle teams in the two groups of three moved directly on to the final round for a 5th/6th place playoff; the bottom team in each group of three and the two bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva
Geneva ( , ; ) ; ; . is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy. Situated in the southwest of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva, Republic and Canton of Geneva, and a centre for international diplomacy. Geneva hosts the highest number of International organization, international organizations in the world, and has been referred to as the world's most compact metropolis and the "Peace Capital". Geneva is a global city, an international financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy hosting the highest number of international organizations in the world, including the headquarters of many agencies of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, IFRC of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Red Cross. In the aftermath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Ezr
Josef Ezr (3 October 1923 – 2 November 2013) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovak 20th Century Team in 2001. National team career With the senior Czechoslovakia national team, Ezr competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in .... With Czechoslovakia, he also won the gold medal at the 1946 EuroBasket, and the silver medal at the 1947 EuroBasket. References External linksFIBA Profile 1 1923 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Stefanini
Sergio Stefanini (18 February 1922 – 7 August 2009) was an Italian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in .... References External links * 1922 births 2009 deaths Italian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Italy Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics People from Marostica Sportspeople from the Province of Vicenza 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesare Rubini
Cesare Rubini (2 November 19238 February 2011) was an Italian professional basketball player and coach, and a water polo player. He was considered to be one of the greatest European basketball coaches of all time. Rubini was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994, making him the first, and to this day, just one of three Italian basketball figures to receive such an honour, alongside Dino Meneghin and Sandro Gamba. He was also inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2002, he was awarded the FIBA Order of Merit. He was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2006. He was also inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, in 2013. In 2015, he was inducted into the Walk of Fame of Italian sport. Sports biography Rubini started to play basketball for his high school team, in his native Trieste, where he graduated in 1941. The same year, he began to play for Olimpia Milano's junior clubs, the most prestigious Italian League basketball clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Vondráček
Miroslav may refer to: * Miroslav (given name), a Slavic masculine given name * ''Young America'' (clipper) or ''Miroslav'', an Austrian clipper ship in the Transatlantic case oil trade * Miroslav (Znojmo District), a town in the Czech Republic See also * * Miroslava (other) Miroslava may refer to: * Miroslava (given name), list of people with the name * ''Miroslava'' (film), a 1993 film about Miroslava Stern * ''Miroslava'' (fly), a genus in family Scathophagidae * Miroslava, Iași, a commune in Iaşi County, Rom ... * Mirosław (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Velenský
Emil may refer to: Literature *''Emil and the Detectives'' (1929), a children's novel *"Emil", nickname of the Kurt Maschler Award for integrated text and illustration (1982–1999) *''Emil i Lönneberga'', a series of children's novels by Astrid Lindgren People *Emil (given name), including a list of people with the given name ''Emil'' or ''Emile'' *Aquila Emil (died 2011), Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer Other *Emil (river), in China and Kazakhstan *Emil (tank), a Swedish tank developed in the 1950s *Sturer Emil, a German tank destroyer See also * * Emile (other) *Aemilius (other) *Emilio (other) *Emílio (other) Emílio is a variant of the given names Emil, Emilio and Emilios, and may refer to: * Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian politician * Emílio Peixe, Brazilian footballer * Emílio Lino, Portuguese fencer * Emílio da Silva, footballer *Emíli ... * Emilios (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladislav Trpkoš
Ladislav Trpkoš (17 January 1915 in Vysoké Mýto – 30 November 2004)František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 423 was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovak 20th Century Team in 2001. National team career Trpkoš competed with the senior Czechoslovak national team at the 1936 Summer Olympics. With Czechoslovakia, he won the gold medal at the 1946 EuroBasket, and the silver medal at the 1947 EuroBasket. He also competed with Czechoslovakia at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau .... References External linksFIBA Profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Toms
Josef Toms (26 January 1922 – 6 April 2016) was a Czech basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau .... References 1922 births 2016 deaths Czech men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Czechoslovakia Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing {{CzechRepublic-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Stibitz
František () is a masculine Czech and Slovak given name. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François and Franz. It can be also surname (feminine: Františková). Notable people with the name include: Given name Arts * Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer and screenwriter * František Bartoš (folklorist) (1837–1906), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist *František Bělský, known as Franta Belsky (1921–2000), Czech sculptor * František Bílek (1872–1941), Czech sculptor and architect * František Brikcius, Czech cellist * František Brixi (1732–1771), Czech composer *František Čáp (1913–1972), Czech film director and screenwriter * František Čelakovský (1799–1852), Czech writer and translator * František Čermák (painter) (1822–84), Czech painter * František Doucha (1810–1884), Czech literary translator and writer *František Drdla (1868–1944), Czech violinist and composer * František Drtikol (1883 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladislav Simácek
Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava. Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada. Spellings and variations In Bulgarian and Russian this name is spelled in . ''László'' is a Hungarian variation of this name. Places *Ladislav, Bjelovar-Bilogora County *Ladislav, Virovitica-Podravina County, historical name of Zvonimirovo Athletes *Ladislav Beneš, Czechoslovak Olympic handball player * Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player *Ladislav Čepčianský, Czechoslovak sprint canoer *Ladislav Dluhoš, Czechoslovak ski jumper *Ladislav Fouček *Ladislav Hecht (1909–2004), Czechoslovak/American tennis player * Ladislav Hrubý, cross-country skier *Ladislav Jurkemik, Czechoslovak/Slovak footballer and manager *Ladislav Kačáni, Czechoslovak footballer and coach *Ladislav Kohn, Czech ice hockey player *Ladislav Kuna, Czechoslovak footballer *Ladislav Lubin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Nerad
Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian: Павел; Czech, Slovene, and (although Romanian also uses Paul); ; ; ) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given name *Pavel I of Russia (1754–1801), Emperor of Russia *Paweł Adamowicz (1965–2019), Polish politician * Paweł Brożek (born 1983), Polish footballer *Paweł Cibicki (born 1994), Swedish footballer *Paweł Deląg (born 1970), Polish actor *Pavel Durov (born 1984), Telegram founder *Paweł Fajdek (born 1989), Polish hammer thrower *Pavel Haas (1899-1944), Czech composer who was murdered during the Holocaust *Paweł Jasienica (1909–1970), Polish historian, journalist, essayist and soldier *Paweł Kisielow (born 1945), Polish immunologist *Pavel Kuzmich (born 1988), Russian luger *Paweł Łukaszewski (born 1968), Polish composer *Paweł Mąciwoda (born 1967), Polish bassist for the German rock band Scorpions *Paweł Mykietyn (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
