Mindaugas Žukauskas (born 24 August 1975 in Šiauliai, Lithuanian SSR,

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

) is a retired Lithuanian professional

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player, a former captain of the

Lithuanian national basketball team The Lithuania men's national basketball team ( lt, Lietuvos nacionalinė vyrų krepšinio rinktinė) represents Lithuania in international basketball competitions. They are controlled by the Lithuanian Basketball Federation, the governing body ...

. He is a

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2.01 m tall. Žukauskas is currently a manager for

BC Šiauliai BC Šiauliai ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Šiauliai) is the professional basketball club of Šiauliai, Lithuania. The club competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League. It has won the 3rd place award (behind Lithuanian basketball giants Lietuvos Rytas ...

Career statistics

Euroleague

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Union Olimpija Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. They ...

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Awards and achievements

*Olympic Bronze medalist -

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

* LKL champion - 1998, 1999 *European Cup Winner - 1998 *NEBL champion - 1999 * Euroleague champion - 1999 *Slovenian champion - 2001 *European champion -

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

*Euroleague 3rd place - 2003, 2004 *Italian

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champion - 2004 His former teams include Lithuanian Žalgiris Kaunas, Italian

and

Scavolini Pesaro Victoria Libertas (also known as "VL" or in Italian ''Vuelle''), full name Unione Sportiva Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro, is a professional basketball team that is based in Pesaro, Italy. The club competes in the top level Italian professiona ...

, and Slovenian KK Union Olimpija.

References

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1975 births Living people Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics BC Žalgiris players FIBA EuroBasket-winning players KK Olimpija players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Italy Lithuanian men's basketball players Mens Sana Basket players Olympic basketball players of Lithuania Olympic bronze medalists for Lithuania Olympic medalists in basketball Sportspeople from Šiauliai Small forwards Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro players Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 2006 FIBA World Championship players 1998 FIBA World Championship players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Slovenia {{Lithuania-Olympic-medalist-stub