What we experienced back then at the borders was very humiliating for me
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Jan Bobrovský was born on the 29th of March 1945 in Brno. He started to play basketball when he was thirteen and he joined the national team when he was eighteen. His brothers Zdeněk and Ivan also represented Zbrojovka in basketball. Jan studied secondary school and Mathematics and The Basics of Industry Manufacturing at Pedagogical Faculty. He played basketball for teams Zbrojovka Brno, Dukla Olomouc and Slavia VŠD Žilina. He won the Czechoslovak championship seven times. He was awarded the prize for the best Czechoslovak basketball player in 1971 and 1973. He represented Zbrojovka in FIBA European Champions Cup twice but did not win the prize. Zbrojovka lost to Real Madrid. Jan won a silver and a bronze medal in the European championship and represented Czechoslovakia in National championships and in Olympics. As a trainer, he led Zbrojovka to win national titles and he won 2006 Euroleague Women with women´s club Gambrinus Brno. He won gold medals at 2005 European Championship with women´s national club. He has two daughters, both played basketball and so did their children. Jan Bobrovský was living in Brno in 2020 and he was a local authority member for the Žabovřesky district.
