Pospíšil brothers
The Pospíšil brothers were Czechoslovak players of cycle ball who won a world championship twenty times.[1] Jindřich Pospíšil was born on March 23, 1942, Jan Pospíšil on April 25, 1945, both in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
Before they won their first golden championship medals, Jindřich had already won a silver and bronze with his previous partner Jaroslav Svoboda. Then the brothers together won silver medals at the championship in 1964 in Copenhagen. They won their last championship when Jan was 43 and Jindřich 46 years old.
World champions
- 1965, Prague
- 1968, Kassel
- 1969, Erfurt
- 1970, Ostrava
- 1971, Baden
- 1972, Offenburg
- 1973, Vienna
- 1974, Heerlen
- 1975, Ghent
- 1976, Münster
- 1977, Brno
- 1978, Herning
- 1979, Schiltigheim
- 1980, Rheinfelden
- 1981, Heerlen
- 1984, Schiltigheim
- 1985, St. Gallen
- 1986, Genk
- 1987, Herning
- 1988, Ludwigshafen
References
- ^ Legner, Jaroslav (2009-11-14). "Bratři Pospíšilové: Rusové byli na kolovou hloupí" (in Czech). Deník Sport. Retrieved 28 March 2010. "...dvacetinásobné mistry světa v kolové milovali úplně všichni, chlapi z hospod i ženské od ploten."
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