Algirdas Lauritėnas
Appearance
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Born | 5 November 1932 Kaunas, Lithuania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | August 7, 2001 Kaunas, Lithuania | (aged 68)|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Žalgiris Kaunas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Algirdas Teodoras Lauritėnas (5 November 1932 – 7 August 2001) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet team during the 1950s, and won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1] He was also part of the team that became European champion in 1953 and 1957 and won a bronze medal in 1955.[2]
References
- ^ Algirdas Lauritėnas. sports-reference.com
- ^ Stanislovas Stonkus. "Algirdas Lauritėnas". in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, vol. XI (Kremacija-Lenzo taisyklė). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, p. 200
Categories:
- 1932 births
- 2001 deaths
- Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union
- Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Lithuanian men's basketball players
- Soviet men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Kaunas
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- FIBA EuroBasket-winning players
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Lithuanian basketball biography stubs