 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 | Small forward |
| Coaching career | 1964–1979 |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1950–1951 | Sparta Prague |
| 1952–1953 | Slavia Prague |
| 1953–1954 | Ekonom Prague |
| 1954–1964 | Sparta Prague |
| 1965–1966 | Tatran Prague |
Coaching | |
| 1964–1965 | Sparta Prague women |
| 1965–1966 | Tatran Prague |
| 1966–1968 | Slavia Prague |
| 1969–1971 | Candy Brugherio |
| 1971–1979 | Sparta Prague |
| Career highlights | |
As player:
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Medals | |
Jiří Baumruk (27 June 1930 – 23 November 1989) was a Czech professionalbasketball player andcoach.
Baumruk spent hisclub career playing withSlavia Prague (1952–1953), and namely withSparta Prague (1950–1951, 1954–1964). With Sparta Prague, he earned nine medals in theCzechoslovak Basketball League (once champion, five times vice-champion, three times 3rd place). In the 1960–61 season, he and his team participated in theFIBA European Champions Cup (now calledEuroLeague), and reached the quarterfinals.[1]
Baumruk represented the seniorCzechoslovakia national team at the 1960 Pre-Olympic basketball tournament (scoring 68 points in 5 games), and a further two times in the Summer Olympic Games1952 (4 points in 2 games),1960 (147 points in 8 games),[2][3][4] and in sixEuroBaskets, beingthe MVP of theEuroBasket 1957.[5]
With the national team, he won three silver medals at EuroBasket, in France1951, Hungary1955, and Turkey1959; and a bronze medal at the EuroBasket in Bulgaria1957. In 1960, with the national team, he finished in fifth place at the1960 Summer Olympic Games, and he was the team's leading scorer, with an average of 18.4 points per game.[6]
