I simply loved basketball and I wanted to play it
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Miroslav Rehák was born on February 14, 1935 in Bratislava. As a boy he witnessed bombing of Bratislava as well as liberating of the city by Soviet troops. When he was at high school, he began to play basketball and after enrolling at the (back then) University of Education, his active career has started. He played basketball during 22 seasons, until 1967. He graduated in 1957 and subsequently he employed at the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University as a teacher and sports lecturer. In years 1967 – 1969 he travelled to Sudan, where he trained basketball team of the capital city Khartoum. After he returned to CSSR, he continued to coach. He worked with clubs Slovan, Slávia SVŠT, and Inter, which he led to gaining a title of CSSR’s champion in 1983 and 1985. He was a coach of CSSR cadet and junior representation in Jeseník. Since 1986 until the beginning of 1990s he worked in Finland. After the fall of the communist regime, he coached also the Slovak national team, whereas he remained active as an academic and teacher.
