Bohumil Tomášek

Bohumil Tomášek
Personal information
Born(1936-06-21)21 June 1936
Liberec, Czechoslovakia
Died2 November 2019(2019-11-02) (aged 83)
NationalityCzech
Listed height6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m)
Listed weight212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
Playing career1956–1972
Coaching career1970–1988
Career history
As player:
1956–1960Sparta Praha
1960–1961Dukla Mariánské Lázně
1961–1966Sparta Praha
1966–1969Slavia VŠ Praha
1969–1972SSV Hagen
As coach:
1970–1972SSV Hagen (player-coach)
1978–1988Slavia VŠ Praha (youth)
Career highlights and awards
As player:
Medals
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Men's Basketball
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 1959 Turkey
Silver medal – second place 1967 Finland

Bohumil Tomášek (21 June 1936 – 2 November 2019)[1] was a Czech basketball player and coach. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001.

Playing career

Club career

Tomášek won two Czechoslovakian League championships, in the years 1960 and 1969. He also won the European-wide secondary level FIBA Saporta Cup championship, in the 1968–69 season. He was named to the FIBA European Selection Team in 1967. He was also the German League's top scorer, in the 1970–71 season.

National team career

With the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Tomášek competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2] With Czechoslovakia, he also won the silver medal at the 1959 EuroBasket, and the silver medal at the 1967 EuroBasket.

Coaching career

Tomášek was a player-coach with the German League club SSV Hagen, from 1970 to 1972.

References

  1. ^ "Lídr Sparty byl v Guinnessovce díky Slavii VŠ. Zemřel Bohumil Tomášek". iDNES.cz. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bohumil Tomášek Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2018.