Jaroslav Šíp

Jaroslav Šíp
Personal information
Born	24 November 1930
Died	6 November 2014 (aged 83)
Nationality	Czech
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
Playing career	1950–1964
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	1964–1985
Career history
As player:
1950–1951	Sokol Žižkov
1951–1953	Slavia VŠ Praha
1953–1956	ÚDA Praha
1956–1964	Slovan Orbis Praha
As coach:
1964–1966	Slavia VŠ Praha
1966–1968	Virtus Bologna
1969–1985	Slavia VŠ Praha
Career highlights and awards
	As player: 5× Czechoslovakian League champion (1954–1957, 1959); Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team (2001); As head coach: FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1969); 7× Czechoslovakian League champion (1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1981, 1982);
Representing Czechoslovakia
EuroBasket

Jaroslav Šíp (24 November 1930 – 6 November 2014) was a Czech basketball player and coach. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001.

Playing career[edit]

During his club playing career, Šíp won five Czechoslovakian League championships (1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1959).

Šíp competed with the senior Czechoslovakian national team at the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[1] He also competed with Czechoslovakia at the 1951 EuroBasket, where he won a silver medal, at the 1955 EuroBasket, where he won a silver medal, at the 1957 EuroBasket, where he won a bronze medal, and at the 1959 EuroBasket, where he won a silver medal.

During his coaching career, Šíp won seven Czechoslovakian League championships (1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1981, and 1982). He also won the European-wide secondary level FIBA Saporta Cup championship, in the 1968–69 season.

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jaroslav Šíp". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2018.