Mantas Ruikis (born June 28, 1985) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays as a
shooting guard
The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7"BBC Sports academy URL last accessed 2006-09-09. is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard's m ...
for
BC Gargždai-SC
BC Gargždai is a professional basketball club based in Gargždai, Lithuania. Club have won 2021-22 National Basketball League. Starting from 2022-23 season club will debut in Lithuanian Basketball League. Home matches will be played in Palang ...
of the
Lietuvos krepšinio lyga
Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) (''English'': Lithuanian Basketball League), also known as Betsafe LKL for sponsorship reasons, is the premier professional men's club basketball league in Lithuania. It is composed of 12 teams, and it is a member o ...
(LKL).
On 31 August 2005, Mantas Ruikis left
Neptūnas after playing four seasons with the team. After five seasons, on 12 November 2010, he returned to Neptūnas.
Achievements
* 2005 year: U-20 European championship vice champion
* 2006 year:
Baltic Basketball League
Baltic Basketball League (BBL) was the Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004. The league mainly focused on teams from the Baltic states, but teams from Sweden, Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, and Belarus have participated in the Baltic L ...
Bronze medal
* 2006 year:
LSKL Champion
* 2007 year:
LKL three point shoot-out vice champion
* 2006, 2007, 2008 years:
LKL Bronze medal
References
External links
Mantas Ruikis profile LKL.lt''(Lithuanian and English)''
Mantas Ruikis profile BBL.net''(English)''
1985 births
Living people
BC Neptūnas players
BC Pieno žvaigždės players
BC Šiauliai players
CB Valladolid players
Denain Voltaire Basket players
Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in France
Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Lithuanian men's basketball players
Basketball players from Klaipėda
Shooting guards
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