Kamil Brabenec (basketball)
Czech basketball player (born 1951)
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Kamil Brabenec (born 4 February 1951) is a Czech retired professional basketball player and coach. At 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) tall, he was a small forward. He was voted to the Czechoslovak 20th Century Team. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball.
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| Born | 4 February 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1970–1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1970–1972 | Pardubice | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1982 | Brno | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Baník Handlová | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1988 | Brno | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Life
Kamil Brabenec was born on 4 February 1951 in Znojmo.[1] He then lived in Jihlava until 1961, and then his family moved to Ústí nad Labem. He graduated from a chemical apprenticeship. From the end of the primary school, he played basketball. When he was 19, he went to his military service in Pardubice, where he played for Rudá hvězda Pardubice in the top Czechoslovak tier. After the Summer Olympics in 1972, he moved to Brno, where he has lived ever since.[2]
Playing career
Club career
During his club career, Brabenec was a FIBA European Selection, in 1977 and 1978. He won 6 Czechoslovak League championships, in the years 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1987, and 1988.[3] He was also the league's second all-time scorer, with 10,726 points scored.[2]
National team career
Brabenec helped to lead the senior Czechoslovakia national team to a EuroBasket silver medal, at the 1985 EuroBasket, as well as to two EuroBasket bronze medals, in 1977, and 1981. He was also the leading scorer of the 1978 FIBA World Championship, with a scoring average of 26.9 points per game.[4]
Coaching career
After his playing career, Brabenec worked as a basketball coach.[2]
Family
His daughter Andrea Brabencová and granddaughter Kristýna Brabencová also played basketball at a high level.[5] His son, also named Kamil,[6] and grandson Jakub played ice hockey professionally.[7]