Vladimír Pištělák | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2.5 |
Weight Lb: | 185 |
Nationality: | Czech |
Sport: | Basketball |
Birth Date: | 30 July 1940 |
Birth Place: | Brno, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |
Career Start: | 1958 |
Career End: | 1973 |
Coach Start: | 1980 |
Coach End: | 1988 |
Years1: | 1958–1969 |
Team1: | Spartak ZJŠ Brno |
Years2: | 1969–1971 |
Team2: | Mechelen |
Years3: | 1971–1973 |
Team3: | Spartak ZJŠ Brno |
Cyears1: | 1980–1988 |
Cteam1: | Czechoslovakia (youth) |
Highlights: | As player:
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Vladimír Pištělák (born 30 July 1940) is a Czech former basketball player and coach. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001.
Pištělák won five Czechoslovakian League championships (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, and 1968), and he was named the Czechoslovakian Player of the Year, in 1969. He was named to the FIBA European Selection Team in 1965 and 1968. He won the Belgian Cup title in 1970.
With the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Pištělák competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1] With Czechoslovakia, he also won the silver medal at the 1967 EuroBasket, and the bronze medal at the 1969 EuroBasket.
After his playing career, Pištělák worked as a basketball coach.