Vladimír Pištělák

Vladimír Pištělák
Personal information
Born	30 July 1940 (age 84); Brno, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Nationality	Czech
Listed height	6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1958–1973
Coaching career	1980–1988
Career history
As player:
1958–1969	Spartak ZJŠ Brno
1969–1971	Mechelen
1971–1973	Spartak ZJŠ Brno
As coach:
1980–1988	Czechoslovakia (youth)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: 2× FIBA European Selection Team (1965, 1968); 5× Czechoslovakian League champion (1962–1964, 1967, 1968); 3× Czechoslovakian League All-Star Five (1965, 1968, 1969); Czechoslovakian Player of the Year (1969); Belgian Cup winner (1970); Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team (2001);
Representing Czechoslovakia
Men's Basketball
EuroBasket

Vladimír Pištělák (born 30 July 1940) is a Czech former basketball player and coach. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001.

Playing career

Pištělák won five Czechoslovakian League championships (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, and 1968), and he was named the Czechoslovakian Player of the Year, in 1969. He was named to the FIBA European Selection Team in 1965 and 1968. He won the Belgian Cup title in 1970.

With the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Pištělák competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[1] With Czechoslovakia, he also won the silver medal at the 1967 EuroBasket, and the bronze medal at the 1969 EuroBasket.

After his playing career, Pištělák worked as a basketball coach.

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vladimír Pištělák Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2018.