Jakub Sládek (born February 17, 1990) is a Czech professional

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for Kotlářka Praha of Extraliga.

Career

He previously played for the

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organization. In 2012, he played for the Ishikawa Million Stars of the

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International career

He was selected for the

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at the

2009 Baseball World Cup The 2009 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 38th international men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through th ...

, 2010 European Baseball Championship, 2010 Intercontinental Cup,

2012 European Baseball Championship The 2012 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament being held from September 7 to September 16, 2012. The Confederation of European Baseball selected the Netherlands to host the tournament. Qualification The follo ...

, 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualification,

2014 European Baseball Championship The 2014 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held in the Czech Republic and Germany. The defending champion Italy lost in the final to the Netherlands, who became champion for the 21st time. Qualification T ...

2015 Summer Universiade The 2015 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXVIII Summer Universiade () and also known as Gwangju 2015 () was a multi-sport event for student and youth athletes sanctioned by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), hel ...

, 2015 USA Tour,

2017 World Baseball Classic Qualification The qualifying Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic, officially called the 2016 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers was held from February 11 to September 25, 2016. Teams which participated at the 2013 World Baseball Classic were automatically ...

, and

2016 European Baseball Championship The 2016 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by Confederation of European Baseball. The 2016 European Championship was held from September 9 to 18, 2016 in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. It was organized by ...

. And also he selected for the All Euro at the 2015 exhibition games against

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sládek, Jakub 1990 births Living people Baseball first basemen Czech expatriate baseball players in the United States Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany Czech expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate baseball players in Japan Florida Complex League Phillies players Ishikawa Million Stars players Sportspeople from Prague 2016 European Baseball Championship players 21st-century Czech sportsmen