Jaroslav Skála (basketball)
Czech basketball player (born 1954)
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Jaroslav Skála (born 27 May 1954) is a Czech former basketball player.
Born27 May 1954
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Listed height7 ft 0.5 in (2.15 m)
Listed weight216 lb (98 kg)
Playing career1973–1993
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| Born | 27 May 1954 Plzeň, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 0.5 in (2.15 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 216 lb (98 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1973–1993 | |||||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | |||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1977 | Sparta Praha | |||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1982 | Slavia VŠ Praha | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | RH Pardubice | |||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Slavia VŠ Praha | |||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1988 | Chemosvit Svit | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Csepel SC | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Chemosvit Svit | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Essox Lučenec | |||||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | ||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian National Championship champion (1989)
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Professional career
During his club career, Skála was a two-time Czechoslovak League champion, in the years 1981 and 1982. He was also named the Czechoslovak Player of the Year, in 1981.
National team career
With the senior Czechoslovak national team, Skála competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] With Czechoslovakia, he also won the bronze medal at the 1981 EuroBasket, and the silver medal at the 1985 EuroBasket.
