Ctirad Benáček (8 September 1924 – 1 December 1999) was a Czech

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player. He competed in the men's tournament at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

. He died in Auckland, New Zealand on 1 December 1999, at the age of 75.František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 375

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* 1924 births 1999 deaths Czechoslovak men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Czechoslovakia Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bratislava {{CzechRepublic-basketball-bio-stub