Pospíšil brothers

The Pospíšil brothers were Czechoslovak players of cycle ball who won a world championship twenty times.^[1] Jindřich Pospíšil was born on March 23, 1942, Jan Pospíšil on April 25, 1945, both in Brno, Czechoslovakia.

Before they won their first golden championship medals, Jindřich had already won a silver and bronze with his previous partner Jaroslav Svoboda. Then the brothers together won silver medals at the championship in 1964 in Copenhagen. They won their last championship when Jan was 43 and Jindřich 46 years old.

World champions

1965, Prague
1968, Kassel
1969, Erfurt
1970, Ostrava
1971, Baden
1972, Offenburg
1973, Vienna
1974, Heerlen
1975, Ghent
1976, Münster

1977, Brno
1978, Herning
1979, Schiltigheim
1980, Rheinfelden
1981, Heerlen
1984, Schiltigheim
1985, St. Gallen
1986, Genk
1987, Herning
1988, Ludwigshafen

References

↑ Legner, Jaroslav (2009-11-14). "Bratři Pospíšilové: Rusové byli na kolovou hloupí" (in Czech). Deník Sport. Retrieved 28 March 2010. "...dvacetinásobné mistry světa v kolové milovali úplně všichni, chlapi z hospod i ženské od ploten."

External links

Česká kolová se vrací na stupně vítězů (Czech Radio) (Czech)

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