Vladimír Pištělák Explained

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:

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.

Playing career

Club career

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.

National team career

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.

Coaching career

After his playing career, Pištělák worked as a basketball coach.

Notes and References

  1. Vladimír Pištělák Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090557/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/vladimir-pistelak-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 22 June 2018.