Kamil Brabenec (basketball)

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Kamil Brabenec
Personal information
Born (1951-02-04) 4 February 1951 (age 74)
Znojmo, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
Playing career1970–1988
Position Shooting guard / small forward
Career history
1970–1972 Pardubice
1972–1982 Brno
1982–1983 Baník Handlová
1983–1988Brno
Career highlights and awards
As player:
Medals
Representing Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Men's Basketball
FIBA EuroBasket
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1985 West Germany
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1977 Belgium
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1981 Czechoslovakia

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.

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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] He was also 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] His son, also named Kamil, [4] and grandson Jakub played ice hockey professionally. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Brabenec Kamil, Menšíkova jedenáctka (in Czech)
  2. ↑ "1978 World Championship for Men". FIBA. n.d. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ Kamil Brabenec, EliteProspects.com
  5. ↑ VGK Sign Forward Jakub Brabenec to Three-Year, Entry-Level Contract, Vegas Golden Knights / NHL.com, 10 December 2022


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