Jiří Konopásek Explained

Jiří Konopásek
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:165
Nationality:Czech
Birth Date:16 April 1946
Birth Place:Prague, Czechoslovakia
Career Start:1964
Career End:1978
Career Position:Point guard
Years1:1964–1973
Years2:1973–1974
Team2:Rudá Hvězda Pardubice
Years3:1974–1978
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Jiří Konopásek (born 16 April 1946) is a Czech former basketball player and coach.

Club career

During his club career, Konopásek won six Czechoslovakian League championships (1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1972). He also won the European-wide secondary level FIBA Saporta Cup championship, in the 1968–69 season.

National team career

With the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Konopásek competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] With Czechosloavkia, he also won bronze medals at the 1969 EuroBasket, and the 1977 EuroBasket.

Notes and References

  1. Jiří Konopásek Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102041/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/jiri-konopasek-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 9 July 2018.