Mieczysław Młynarski (born May 17, 1956 in

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professional

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player, and

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. At a height of 1.99 m (6'6 ") tall, and a weight of 91 kg (200 lbs.), he played at the

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position, during his playing career.

Playing career

Club career

Młynarski still holds the

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record, for the "most points scored in one game" (90 points scored, achieved in 1982, while playing with

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, in a game against Pogoń Szczecin).Sport.pl
He was a member of the

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team, in 1981.

Polish national team

Młynarski was a regular member of the senior

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, for nine years (1975–1984). He played in all of Poland's games, during the Summer Olympic Games, in Moscow, 1980. He was the top scorer of both

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(26.6 points per game), and

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(23.1 points per game).

Coaching career

When Młynarski playing career, ended he decided to stay in basketball. After retirement from playing, he became a

of the Polish club

' juniors team. In 2000, he won the Polish older juniors vice-championship (as the assistant coach) with Górnik. In 2007, he became the assistant coach of

's senior club. After the club's

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, Andrzej Adamek, resignation (in March 2009), Młynarski became Górnik's new head coach. Unfortunately, Młynarski was not able to avoid his team's poor performance. In the 2008–09 season, Górnik finished in last place in the Polish PLK League. The main reason why the team was

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, was its deep financial problems (Górnik finished the season without any foreign players, and some key Polish players, e.g. Marcin Stefański).

Awards and accomplishments

Club playing career

*4× Polish League Top Scorer: (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984) * Polish League Player of the Year: (1981) *

: (1981) * Polish League Champion: (1982)

Polish senior national team

*2×

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References

External links

FIBA Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mlynarski, Mieczyslaw 1956 births Living people Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Lech Poznań (basketball) players People from Łobez County Polish basketball coaches Polish men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Poland Small forwards Sportspeople from West Pomeranian Voivodeship