Jaroslav Šíp (24 November 1930 – 6 November 2014) was a Czech

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player and

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

Playing career

Club career

During his

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playing career, Šíp won five Czechoslovakian League championships (1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1959).

National team career

Šíp competed with the senior Czechoslovakian national team at the men's tournament at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. He also competed with Czechoslovakia at the

1951 EuroBasket The 1951 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1951, was the seventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) en ...

, where he won a silver medal, at the

1955 EuroBasket The 1955 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1955, was the ninth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) enter ...

, where he won a silver medal, at the

1957 EuroBasket The 1957 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1957, was the tenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIB ...

, where he won a bronze medal, and at the 1959 EuroBasket, where he won a silver medal.

Coaching career

During his

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career, Šíp won seven Czechoslovakian League championships (1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1981, and 1982). He also won the European-wide secondary level

FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA E ...

championship, in the 1968–69 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sip, Jaroslav 1930 births 2014 deaths Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Czech basketball coaches Czech men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Czechoslovakia Place of birth missing Virtus Bologna coaches