Jiří Baumruk
 Jiří Baumruk in 1960 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Czech |
| Listed height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Listed weight | 84 kg (185 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1950–1966 |
| Position | Forward |
| Career history | |
| 1950–1951 | Sparta Prague |
| 1952–1953 | Slavia Prague |
| 1953–1954 | Ekonom Prague |
| 1954–1964 | Sparta Prague |
| 1965–1966 | Tatran Prague |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Eurobasket 1957 MVP | |
Jiří Baumruk (27 June 1930 – 23 November 1989) was a Czech basketball player. He spent his career playing for Slavia Prague (1952–1953) and namely for Sparta Prague (1950–1951, 1954–1964). With Sparta Prague he earned nine medals in the Czechoslovakia League (once champion, five times vice-champion, three times 3rd place). In 1960/1961 he and his team participated in the Champions Cup and achieved the quarterfinals.[1]
He represented the Czechoslovakia national team at the 1960 Pre-Olympic basketball tournament (68 points in 5 games), further two times in the Summer Olympics 1952 (4 points in 2 games), 1960 (147 points in 8 games),[2][3][4] and in six Eurobaskets, whereas at the Eurobasket 1957 he was named MVP.[5] With the national team he won three silver medals at Eurobasket in France 1951, Hungary 1955, Turkey 1959 and bronze medal at Eurobasket in Bulgaria 1957. In 1960 with the national team, he finished fifth at the 1960 Summer Olympics and was the best team scorer with 18.4 points per game.[6]
Basketball coach
- 1964–65 Sparta Prague women
- 1965–66 Tatran Prague
- 1966–68 Slavia Prague
- 1969–71 Candy Brugherio (Italy)
- 1971–79 Sparta Prague (3rd: 1976, three times 4th: 1971, 1972, 1973)
See also
- Czechoslovakia national basketball team
- List of the best czech basketball players of the 20th century – Jiří Baumruk (7.)
- Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- FIBA EuroBasket Honors
- BC Sparta Prague
References
- ^ "Champions Cup 1960–61". linguasport.com. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Sports-Reference profile". Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "11 – Vladimir Baumruk FIBA profile". Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "3 – Jiri Baumruk FIBA profile". Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "X EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (SOFIJA 1957)". linguasport.com. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ Jiří Baumruk. sports-reference.com