Zdeněk Rylich Explained

Zdeněk Rylich
Nationality:Czech
Sport:Basketball
Birth Date:7 March 1931
Birth Place:Nymburk, Czechoslovakia
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Zdeněk Rylich (7 March 1931 – 3 September 2024) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001. With the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Rylich competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1] With Czechoslovakia, he also won the silver medal at the 1951 EuroBasket, the silver medal at the 1955 EuroBasket, the bronze medal at the 1957 EuroBasket, and the silver medal at the 1959 EuroBasket.

Rylich died on 3 September 2024, at the age of 93.[2] His brother Bohuslav Rylich (1934–2020) was also a basketball player.

Notes and References

  1. Zdeněk Rylich Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083132/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ry/zdenek-rylich-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 15 June 2018.
  2. https://cz.basketball/ortodoxni-obrance-s-jemnym-usmevem/a17810 Ortodoxní obránce s jemným úsměvem