Jaroslav Tetiva (alternate spelling: Tětiva; 4 February 1932 – 2 March 2021)
was a Czech
basketball
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player. He was voted to the
Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001.
With the senior
Czechoslovakian national team, Tetiva competed in the men's tournament at the
1960 Summer Olympics
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.
With Czechoslovakia, he also won the silver medal at the
1955 EuroBasket
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, the bronze medal at the
1957 EuroBasket
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, and the silver medal at the
1959 EuroBasket
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.
References
External links
FIBA Profile*
1932 births
2021 deaths
Czech men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players for Czechoslovakia
Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Chomutov
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