Jaroslav Skála (born 27 May 1954) is a Czech former
basketball
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player.
Professional career
During his
club career, Skála was a two-time
Czechoslovakian League champion, in the years 1981 and 1982. He was also named the
Czechoslovakian Player of the Year, in 1981.
National team career
With the senior
Czechoslovakian national team, Skála competed in the men's tournament at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
.
With Czechoslovakia, he also won the bronze medal at the
1981 EuroBasket
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, and the silver medal at the
1985 EuroBasket
The 1985 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1985, was the 24th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 5 to 16 June 1985 in West Germany. The Soviet Union defeated Cze ...
.
See also
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Czechoslovak Basketball League career stats leaders
Czechoslovak Basketball League career stats leaders are the all-time stats leaders of the now defunct top-tier level professional basketball league of Czechoslovakia, the Czechoslovak Basketball League (CSBL). Czech Basketball Federation Hall of ...
References
External links
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1954 births
Living people
Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Centers (basketball)
Czech men's basketball players
Czechoslovak men's basketball players
1974 FIBA World Championship players
1982 FIBA World Championship players
Olympic basketball players for Czechoslovakia
Sportspeople from Plzeň
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