Jiří Pospíšil (basketball)

Jiří Pospíšil

Personal information
Born	(1950-09-09)9 September 1950 Brno, Czechoslovakia
Died	13 June 2019(2019-06-13) (aged 68)
Nationality	Czech
Career highlights and awards
8× Czechoslovakian League All-Star Five (1971, 1973–1975, 1977–1980) Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team (2001)
Medals Representing  Czechoslovakia Men's Basketball EuroBasket 1977 Belgium

Jiří "Áda" Pospíšil (9 September 1950 – 13 June 2019) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team.

National team career

Pospíšil competed with the senior Czechoslovakian national team in the men's tournament at the 1972, 1976, and 1980 Summer Olympics.^[1] He died on 13 June 2019 at age 68.^[2] With Czechoslovakia, he also won the bronze medal at the 1977 EuroBasket.

See also

• Czechoslovak Basketball League career stats leaders

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jiří Pospíšil Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
2. Basketbalový svět smutní, v Ádovi přišel o velkou legendu (in Czech)

External links

• Jiří Pospíšil at FIBA.basketball
• Jiří Pospíšil at FIBA.com (archived)
• Jiří Pospíšil – Basketball-Reference.com international player profile
• Jiří Pospíšil at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
• Jiří Pospíšil at Olympedia