Witold Zagórski

Witold Zagórski
Medal record
Representing  Poland
Men’s Basketball
European Championships
1963 Poland Team Poland
1965 USSR Team Poland
1967 Finland Team Poland

Witold Edward Zagórski (September 25, 1930 – June 30, 2016)[1] was a Polish basketball player and coach.

As a basketball player, Zagórski was a member of Poland national basketball team 49 times (1951–1956). He was a player of Polonia Warszawa and CWKS Legia Warszawa teams.

In the years of 1961–1975 he was a coach of Poland national basketball team. With this team he won 5th place at FIBA World Championship (1967), three medals of European Championships (Eurobasket): silver (1963) and twice brown (1965, 1967). Poland national team under Zagórski played three times at the Olympics (1964 Tokyo, 1968 Mexico City, 1972 Munich). In the years of 1967–1973 Zagórski was a coach of European basketball team (7 times).

He died on 30 June 2016 at the age of 85.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Zmarł słynny trener koszykówki Witold Zagórski (in Polish)
  2. ↑ WITOLD ZAGORSKI R.I.P

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