Jiří Siegel (5 March 1927 – 16 June 2012) was a Czech

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and

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player. He studied at the Architecture University in

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. He was playing basketball during his university studies, he even competed in the men's tournament at the

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As an architect, he was employed by Sportprojekt Praha. He also designed several sports buildings, like Sports hall Folimanka in Prague.

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1927 births 2012 deaths Czech men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Czechoslovakia Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Prague Czech architects {{CzechRepublic-basketball-bio-stub