Ivan Mrázek

{{Short description|Czech basketball player and coach (1926–2019)}}

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| name = Ivan Mrázek

| image = Ivo Mrazek.jpg

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| caption = Ivo “Ivan” Mrázek in 2014

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| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 7.5

| weight_lb = 165

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1926|1|18}}

| birth_place = Brno, Czechoslovakia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|4|4|1926|1|18}}

| nationality = Czech

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| career_start = 1946

| career_end = 1957

| career_position = Point guard

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| coach_start = 1957

| coach_end = 1970

| years1 = 1946–1957

| team1 = Brno

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| cyears1 = 1957–1969

| cteam1 = Brno

| cyears2 = 1960, 1963

| cteam2 = Czechoslovakia

| cyears3 = 1969–1970

| cteam3 = Petrarca Padova

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As head coach

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{{MedalSport | Men's Basketball}}

{{MedalCompetition| EuroBasket}}

{{MedalGold| 1946 Switzerland |}}

{{MedalSilver| 1947 Czechoslovakia | }}

{{MedalSilver| 1951 France | }}

{{MedalSilver| 1955 Hungary | }}

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Ivo "Ivan" Mrázek (18 January 1926 – 4 April 2019) was a Czech professional basketball player and coach. At 5'7 {{1/2}}" (1.71 m) tall, he was a point guard. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players, in 1991.

Playing career

=Club career=

In his club career, Mrázek won 6 Czechoslovak League championships (1947, 1948 2×, 1949, 1950, 1951).

=National team career=

Mrázek helped lead the senior Czechoslovakia national team to a EuroBasket gold medal at the EuroBasket 1946, as well as to three EuroBasket silver medals (1947, 1951, and 1955). Mrázek was the MVP and top scorer of EuroBasket 1951. He also represented Czechoslovakia in two Summer Olympic Games (1948 and 1952).{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mr/ivan-mrazek-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082146/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mr/ivan-mrazek-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Ivan Mrázek Olympic Results |access-date=13 June 2018}}

Coaching career

In his head basketball coaching career, Mrázek was a 6 time Czechoslovak League champion (1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968).

Personal life

Mrázek was born named Ivo, but he was called Ivan by many, including his mother.{{cite news|url=https://brnensky.denik.cz/serialy/doskocil-zlatou-medaili-diky-plsti-z-popraviste.html |title=Doskočil zlatou medaili. Díky prsti z popraviště|date=3 March 2011|access-date=5 April 2019}} Mrázek died on 4 April 2019. He was 93 years old.

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