Czech basketball player
Kamil Brabenec (born 4 February 1951) is a retired Czech professional basketball player and coach . At 6'4" (1.93 m) tall, he was a small forward . He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team . In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball.
Playing career
Club career
During his club career, Brabenec was a FIBA European Selection , in 1977 and 1978. He won 6 Czechoslovakian League championships, in the years 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1987, and 1988.[ 1] the league's second all-time scorer , with 10,726 points scored.
National team career
Brabenec helped to lead the senior Czechoslovakia national team to a EuroBasket silver medal, at the 1985 EuroBasket , as well as to two EuroBasket bronze medals, in 1977 , and 1981 . He was also the leading scorer of the 1978 FIBA World Championship , with a scoring average of 26.9 points per game.[ 2]
Coaching career
After his playing career, Brabenec worked as a basketball coach .
Personal life
His daughter Andrea Brabencová [it ] and granddaughter Kristýna Brabencová [it ] also played basketball at a high level.[ 3] also named Kamil ,[ 4] Jakub played ice hockey professionally.[ 5]
See also
References
^ Brabenec Kamil , Menšíkova jedenáctka (in Czech)^ "1978 World Championship for Men" . FIBA . n.d. Retrieved 29 October 2023 .^ Doma mluvíme moravsky. Holky někdy nevěděly, co říkám, směje se Brabencová [We speak Moravian at home. The girls sometimes didn't know what I was saying, laughs Brabencová], Patrik El-Talabáni, deník.cz, 16 May 2018 (in Czech)^ Kamil Brabenec , EliteProspects.com^ VGK Sign Forward Jakub Brabenec to Three-Year, Entry-Level Contract , Vegas Golden Knights / NHL .com, 10 December 2022
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