Kamil Brabenec (basketball)
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| Born | 4 February 1951 Baník Handlová | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1988 | Brno | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kamil Brabenec (born 4 February 1951) is a retired Czech professional
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
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
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 and granddaughter Kristýna Brabencová also played basketball at a high level.[3] His son, also named Kamil,[4] and grandson Jakub played ice hockey professionally.[5]
See also
- List of the best Czech basketball players of the 20th century
- Czechoslovak Basketball League career stats leaders
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
External links
- FIBA.com Profile
- Fibaeurope.com Profile
- Sports-reference.com Profile
- Kamil Brabenec, the Czech scoring machine
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