Stanislovas "Stasys" Stonkus (29 December 1931 – 19 February 2012) was a

Soviet 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 nation ...

and Lithuanian

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player who competed for the Soviet Union in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in

Telšiai Telšiai (; Samogitian: ''Telšē'') is a city in Lithuania with about 21,499 inhabitants. It is the capital of Telšiai County and Samogitia region, and it is located on the shores of Lake Mastis. Telšiai is one of the oldest cities in Lithua ...

. In 1954, he graduated from the Lithuanian National Physical Education Institute.Unofficial gateway to Lithuania
He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played one match. Four years later he won his second silver medal as part of the Soviet team. He defended his doctoral dissertation at

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in 1974, and his Dr Habil. before the Joint Council in Moscow. After serving as rector of the Physical Education Institute (1978–1990), he was also vice-president of the Lithuanian Olympic Committee for four years (1992–1996). Stonkus has compiled a dictionary of sports terms in Lithuanian and has written several studies on sport.

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1931 births 2012 deaths Soviet men's basketball players BC Žalgiris players Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union FIBA EuroBasket-winning players Olympic medalists in basketball University of Tartu alumni Lithuanian Sports University alumni Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub