Bohumil Tomášek (21 June 1936 – 2 November 2019) was a Czech

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. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001.

Playing career

Club career

Tomášek won two Czechoslovakian League championships, in the years 1960 and 1969. He also won the European-wide secondary level FIBA Saporta Cup championship, in the 1968–69 season. He was named to the FIBA European Selection Team in 1967. He was also the German League's top scorer, in the 1970–71 season.

National team career

With the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Tomášek competed in the men's tournament at the

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. With Czechoslovakia, he also won the silver medal at the

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, and the silver medal at the

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Coaching career

Tomášek was a player-coach with the German League club

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, from 1970 to 1972.

References

External links

FIBA Profile
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