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Jaroslav Šíp

Jaroslav Šíp

Personal information
Born	(1930-11-24)24 November 1930
Died	6 November 2014(2014-11-06) (aged 83)
Nationality	Czech
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
Playing career	1950–1964
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	1964–1985
Career history
As player:
1950–1951	Sokol Žižkov
1951–1953	Slavia VŠ Praha
1953–1956	ÚDA Praha
1956–1964	Slovan Orbis Praha
As coach:
1964–1966	Slavia VŠ Praha
1966–1968	Virtus Bologna
1969–1985	Slavia VŠ Praha
Career highlights and awards
As player: 5× Czechoslovakian League champion (1954–1957, 1959) Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team (2001) As head coach: FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1969) 7× Czechoslovakian League champion (1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1981, 1982)
Medals Representing  Czechoslovakia EuroBasket 1951 France 1955 Hungary 1957 Bulgaria 1959 Turkey

Jaroslav Šíp (24 November 1930 – 6 November 2014) was a Czech basketball player and coach. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001.

Playing career[edit]

Club career[edit]

During his club playing career, Šíp won five Czechoslovakian League championships (1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1959).

National team career[edit]

Šíp competed with the senior Czechoslovakian national team at the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[1] He also competed with Czechoslovakia at the 1951 EuroBasket, where he won a silver medal, at the 1955 EuroBasket, where he won a silver medal, at the 1957 EuroBasket, where he won a bronze medal, and at the 1959 EuroBasket, where he won a silver medal.

Coaching career[edit]

During his coaching career, Šíp won seven Czechoslovakian League championships (1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1981, and 1982). He also won the European-wide secondary level FIBA Saporta Cup championship, in the 1968–69 season.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Jaroslav ŠípatFIBA
• Jaroslav ŠípatBasketball-Reference.com
• Jaroslav ŠípatOlympics.com
• Jaroslav ŠípatOlympedia
• Jaroslav Šíp at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)