''For the Czech boxer with the same name see Jaroslav Konečný (boxer)'' Jaroslav Konečný (14 January 1945 in

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– 1 August 2017 in Újezd u Brna) was a

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handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who competed in the

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. He was part of the Czechoslovak team which won the silver medal at the Munich Games. He played all six matches and scored 22 goals.

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