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Witold Edward Zagórski (25 September 1930 – 30 June 2016)[1] was a Polish professional basketball player and coach.

Witold Zagórski
Personal information
Born25 September 1930
Warsaw, Poland
Died30 June 2016 (2016-07-01) (aged 85)
NationalityPolish
Career information
Playing career1950–1961
Career history
1950–1960Polonia Warszawa
1960–1961CWKS Legia Warszawa
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× Polish League champion (1959, 1961)
Medals
Representing  Poland
Men’s Basketball
EuroBasket
1963 Wroclaw Team Poland
1965 Moscow Team Poland
1967 Helsinki Team Poland

Playing career



Club career


During his club playing career, Zagórski was a player of the Polish teams Polonia Warszawa (1950–1960), and CWKS Legia Warszawa (1960–1961). He won two Polish League championships, in 1959 and 1961.


Polish national team


Zagórski was a member of the senior Polish national basketball team, in 49 games (1951–1956). With Poland, he played at EuroBasket 1955.


Coaching career



Clubs


Zagórski was chosen to be the head coach of the FIBA European Selection team on 7 occasions (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973).


National team


Zagórski was the head coach the senior Polish national basketball team, (1961–1975). With Poland, he finished in 5th place at the 1967 FIBA World Championship. He also won three medals at the EuroBasket: silver (1963) and bronze (1965 and 1967).

With Zagórski as the team's head coach, Poland's senior national team also played at three Summer Olympic Games (1964 Tokyo, 1968 Mexico City, and 1972 Munich).


Personal


Zagórski died on 30 June 2016, at the age of 85.[2]


References



Sources






На других языках


- [en] Witold Zagórski

[ru] Загурский, Витольд

Витольд Эдвард Загурский (польск. Witold Edward Zagórski, 25 сентября 1930, Варшава, Польша — 30 июня 2016, Гмунден, Австрия) — польский баскетболист и тренер, под руководством которого сборная ПНР становилась трехкратным призёром чемпионатов Европы в составе национальной сборной (1963, 1965 и 1967).



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