Vladimír Pištělák

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

Vladimír Pištělák

Personal information
Born	(1940-07-30) 30 July 1940 (age 85) 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 a player:
1958–1969	Spartak ZJŠ Brno
1969–1971	Mechelen
1971–1973	Spartak ZJŠ Brno
As a coach:
1980–1988	Czechoslovakia (youth)
Career highlights
As player: 2× FIBA European Selection Team (1965, 1968) 5× Czechoslovak League champion (1962–1964, 1967, 1968) 3× Czechoslovak League All-Star Five (1965, 1968, 1969) Czechoslovak Player of the Year (1969) Belgian Cup winner (1970) Czechoslovak 20th Century Team (2001)
Medals Representing  Czechoslovakia Men's Basketball EuroBasket 1967 Finland 1969 Italy

Playing career

Club career

Pištělák won five Czechoslovak League championships (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, and 1968), and he was named the Czechoslovak 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.

National team career

With the senior Czechoslovak 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.

Coaching career

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