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Vladimír Pištělák (born 30 July 1940) is a Czech former basketball player and coach. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001.

Vladimír Pištělák

Personal information
Born	(1940-07-30) 30 July 1940 (age 81) Brno, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Listed height	6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1958–1973
Coaching career	1980–1988
Career history
As player:
1958–1969	Spartak ZJŠ Brno
1969–1971	Mechelen
1971–1973	Spartak ZJŠ Brno
As coach:
1980–1988	Czechoslovakia (youth)
Career highlights and awards
As player: 2× FIBA European Selection Team (1965, 1968) 5× Czechoslovakian League champion (1962–1964, 1967, 1968) 3× Czechoslovakian League All-Star Five (1965, 1968, 1969) Czechoslovakian Player of the Year (1969) Belgian Cup winner (1970) Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team (2001)
Medals Representing  Czechoslovakia Men's Basketball EuroBasket 1967 Finland 1969 Italy

Playing career

Club career

Pištělák won five Czechoslovakian League championships (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, and 1968), and he was named the Czechoslovakian Player of the Year, in 1969. He was named to the FIBA European Selection Team in 1965 and 1968. He won the Belgian Cup title in 1970.

National team career

With the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Pištělák competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1] With Czechoslovakia, he also won the silver medal at the 1967 EuroBasket, and the bronze medal at the 1969 EuroBasket.

Coaching career

After his playing career, Pištělák worked as a basketball coach.

References

External links

• Vladimír Pištělák at FIBA
• Vladimír Pištělák at Basketball-Reference.com
• Vladimír Pištělák at Olympedia
• Vladimír Pištělák at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)

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