Jaroslav Šíp | |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Nationality: | Czech |
Birth Date: | 24 November 1930 |
Career Start: | 1950 |
Career End: | 1964 |
Career Position: | Point guard |
Coach Start: | 1964 |
Coach End: | 1985 |
Years1: | 1950–1951 |
Team1: | Sokol Žižkov |
Years2: | 1951–1953 |
Team2: | Slavia VŠ Praha |
Years3: | 1953–1956 |
Team3: | ÚDA Praha |
Years4: | 1956–1964 |
Team4: | Slovan Orbis Praha |
Cyears1: | 1964–1966 |
Cteam1: | Slavia VŠ Praha |
Cyears2: | 1966–1968 |
Cteam2: | Virtus Bologna |
Cyears3: | 1969–1985 |
Cteam3: | Slavia VŠ Praha |
Highlights: | As player:
As head coach:
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Jaroslav Šíp (24 November 1930 - 6 November 2014) was a Czech basketball player and coach. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001.
During his club playing career, Šíp won five Czechoslovakian League championships (1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1959).
Šíp competed with the senior Czechoslovakian national team at the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1] He also competed with Czechoslovakia at the 1951 EuroBasket, where he won a silver medal, at the 1955 EuroBasket, where he won a silver medal, at the 1957 EuroBasket, where he won a bronze medal, and at the 1959 EuroBasket, where he won a silver medal.
During his coaching career, Šíp won seven Czechoslovakian League championships (1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1981, and 1982). He also won the European-wide secondary level FIBA Saporta Cup championship, in the 1968–69 season.