Martynas Andriukaitis (March 28, 1981 – September 4, 2014) was a Lithuanian professional
basketball
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player. He was born in
Kaunas
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.
Professional career
During his pro
club
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career, Andriukaitis won the
Lithuanian League championship (2001), and the
Latvian League championship (2007). He was also a league runner-up in the
North European League, in 2001. He played at the
Lithuanian All-Star Game in 2002 and 2003, and at the
Ukrainian League's All-Star Game, and the
FIBA EuroChallenge All-Star Day, in 2008.
National team career
Andriukaitis was named the
MVP
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of the
2005 FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup, while he was a member of the senior
Lithuanian national basketball team
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.
Career statistics
EuroLeague
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2000–01
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Zalgiris
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Death
On September 4, 2014, late in the evening, Andriukaitis shot his wife Renata, in his home near
Riga
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, and shot himself, but he was only severely wounded. Their 14-year-old son witnessed what happened and called the police and paramedics. Andriukaitis was taken to hospital, but died there later that night.
References
External links
Basketball-Reference.com Profile
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1981 births
2014 deaths
2014 suicides
APOEL B.C. players
ASK Riga players
BC Cherkaski Mavpy players
BC Dnipro players
BC Donetsk players
BC Lietkabelis players
BC Politekhnika-Halychyna players
BC Šiauliai players
BC Žalgiris players
BK Liepājas Lauvas players
JA Vichy players
Lithuanian men's basketball players
Murder–suicides in Europe
Power forwards (basketball)
Basketball players from Kaunas
Suicides by firearm in Latvia
Uxoricides