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

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player and

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. At tall, he was a

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. He was voted to the Czechoslovak 20th Century Team. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball.

Playing career

Club career

During his

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career, Brabenec was a

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, in 1977 and 1978. He won 6 Czechoslovak 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

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. He was also the leading scorer of the

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, with a scoring average of 26.9 points per game.

Coaching career

After his playing career, Brabenec worked as a

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Personal life

His daughter and granddaughter also played basketball at a high level. His son, also named Kamil, and grandson

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played

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.com, 10 December 2022

References

External links

FIBA.com Profile

Kamil Brabenec, the Czech scoring machine
1951 births Living people Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Czech basketball coaches Czechoslovak basketball coaches Czech men's basketball players Czechoslovak men's basketball players 1974 FIBA World Championship players 1978 FIBA World Championship players Olympic basketball players for Czechoslovakia Shooting guards Small forwards Sportspeople from Znojmo Basketball players from the South Moravian Region MBK Handlová players BC Brno players {{CzechRepublic-basketball-bio-stub