As a national player, his homeland team won two bronze medals at the European Basketball Championships and he competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

As a basketball coach, he was successful in winning the 2012 German championship with the Wolfenbüttel Wildcats women's team.

[1] Born in Prague, Vlastibor Klimeš is officially recognised as a Czech National Honorary Master of Sports.

With the Czechoslovak basketball team, he won two bronze medals at the European Championships, as well as one fourth and sixth place.

He later settled in the Federal Republic of Germany and, after his playing career, worked as a coach for basketball teams.

Among other things, he coached the BG 74 team in Göttingen in the second division until 2003, where he worked as a caretaker and hall manager at the Felix-Klein-Gymnasium.