Jiří Pospíšil (basketball)

{{Short description|Czech basketball player (1950–2019)}}

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| nationality = Czech

| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|9|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Brno, Czechoslovakia

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{{MedalSport | Men's Basketball}}

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{{MedalBronze| 1977 Belgium | }}

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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.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/jiri-pospisil-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121600/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/jiri-pospisil-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Jiří Pospíšil Olympic Results |accessdate=9 July 2018}} He died on 13 June 2019 at age 68.[https://www.cbf.cz/ostatni/kratke-zpravy/basketbalovy-svet-smutni-v-adovi-prisel-o-velkou-legendu.html Basketbalový svět smutní, v Ádovi přišel o velkou legendu] {{in lang|cs}} With Czechoslovakia, he also won the bronze medal at the 1977 EuroBasket.

See also

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