Jiří Konopásek (born 16 April 1946) is a Czech former
basketball
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player and
coach
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Guidance/instruction
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* Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process
** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers
Transportation
* Co ...
.
Club career
During his
club
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
...
career, Konopásek won six
Czechoslovakian League championships (1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1972). He also won the European-wide secondary level
FIBA Saporta Cup
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championship, in the
1968–69 season.
National team career
With the senior
Czechoslovakian national team, Konopásek competed in the men's tournament at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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and the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...
.
With Czechosloavkia, he also won bronze medals at the
1969 EuroBasket
The 1969 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1969, was the sixteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.
First round Group A – Caserta
Group B – Naples
Knockout stage Pla ...
, and the
1977 EuroBasket
The 1977 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1977, was the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.
Venues
Group stage Group A – Liège
Group B – Ostend
...
.
References
External links
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1946 births
Living people
Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Czech basketball coaches
Czech men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players for Czechoslovakia
Point guards
Basketball players from Prague
Czechoslovak men's basketball players
1970 FIBA World Championship players
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