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

1. 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)