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Donatas Švitra
Donatas is a Lithuanian masculine given name and may refer to the following individuals: *Donatas Banionis (born 1924), Lithuanian actor * Donatas Kazlauskas (born 1994), Lithuanian footballer *Donatas Malinauskas (1877-1942), Lithuanian politician and diplomat * Donatas Morkūnas (born 1957), Lithuanian politician, banker and lecturer *Donatas Motiejūnas (born 1990), Lithuanian basketball center and power forward * Donatas Montvydas (born 1987), Lithuanian singer-songwriter *Donatas Nakrošius (born 1991), Lithuanian footballer *Donatas Navikas (born 1983), Lithuanian football midfielder *Donatas Plungė (born 1960), Lithuanian hammer thrower *Donatas Sabeckis (born 1992), Lithuanian basketball player *Donatas Škarnulis (born 1977), Lithuanian race walker and Olympic competitor *Donatas Slanina (born 1977), Lithuanian basketball guard *Donatas Tarolis (born 1994), Lithuanian basketball player *Donatas Vėželis (born 1981), Lithuanian ballroom dancer *Donatas Vencevičius (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian exclave, semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.89 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians who are the titular nation and form the majority of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian. For millennia, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united for the first time by Mindaugas, who formed the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatas Plungė
Donatas Plungė (born November 11, 1960) is a retired male hammer thrower from Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ..., who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s on the highest level. He set his personal best (80.78 metres) on September 22, 1989 at a meet in Volgograd. External links *Profile 1960 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Lithuanian male hammer throwers 20th-century Lithuanian people {{Lithuania-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatas Zavackas
Donatas Zavackas (born 23 April 1980) is a Lithuanian professional basketball executive and former player, who is the sports director for Wolves Twinsbet of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroCup. He played college basketball at University of Pittsburgh. Standing at , he played the power forward position. College career During his successful career at Pitt, Zavackas was known as one of the most intelligent, hardworking team players in the Big East Conference. Zavackas was a key component in Head Coach Ben Howland's transformation of the Panthers into a level of league elite status. The season before Zavackas arrived, Pitt finished the Big East season in 11th place with a 5–13 record (14–16 overall). During Zavackas' four years the Panthers captured two regular season Big East Titles, played in three Big East tournament (BET) Championship games and captured one BET Championship. Pitt also played in one National Invitation Tournament and two NCAA Tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatas Vencevičius
Donatas Vencevičius (born 28 November 1973) is a Lithuanian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently in charge of A Lyga club Sūduva. Vencevičius started his career at Žalgiris Vilnius. In 2001, while playing for FC København, he became champion of the Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current .... In 2002, he played for the Norwegian club IK Start. Donatas also made a mediocre stay in the Swedish club GIF Sundsvall during the season 2005. He started his managerial career in 2007 after announcing his retirement from professional football as a player and was first assistant, then head coach of FK Vėtra for one season before moving to FK Sūduva in 2009 to take up an assistant coach position. Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatas Vėželis
Donatas Vėželis (born 1981) is a Lithuanian professional ballroom dancer. He is currently dancing with his partner Lina Chatkevičiūtė. In 2014 Vėželis and Chatkevičiūtė won their first European title in standard show dance. Awards In 2016 Lithuanian Sports department awarded Donatas Vėželis for merits in Lithuanian sport. Personal life In 2014 Vėželis married his dancing partner Lina Chatkevičiūtė. References External links Donatas Vėželis at WDSF Lithuanian ballroom dancers Living people Lithuanian male dancers Lithuanian dancers 1981 births Place of birth missing (living people) Competitors at the 2009 World Games {{Dance-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatas Tarolis
Donatas Tarolis (born March 30, 1994) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for CSM Oradea of the Romanian Liga Națională. Standing at , he plays as a power forward. Tarolis is a native of Gargždai. Professional career Tarolis started his career in his hometown club BC Gargždai-Bremena, which played in the Lithuanian second-tier National Basketball League (NKL). For the 2013–2014 season, he moved to Žalgiris-2 Kaunas, the reserve team of Žalgiris Kaunas. After averaging 16.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, Tarolis received the NKL Most Valuable Player award. In the following year, he joined the senior Žalgiris Kaunas squad. In 18 Lithuanian Basketball League games, he averaged 4.2 points and 2.3 rebounds. On 9 October 2015, Tarolis signed with Traiskirchen Lions of the Austrian Basketball Superliga. On 8 September 2016, Tarolis signed a three-year contract with Lietkabelis Panevėžys of Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). On 9 Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatas Slanina
Donatas Slanina (born 23 April 1977) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays as a shooting guard in his professional career. He also shortly worked as an assistant coach. After starting his professional career in Šiauliai, he was best known for playing in Lithuanian champion Žalgiris and Pallacanestro Reggiana. He is one of the best three point shooter in Europe. Slanina also was member of Lithuania national team, winning gold medal in Eurobasket 2003. Coaching career In July 2015, Slanina was named the assistant to head coach Massimiliano Menetti, at Pallacanestro Reggiana, the club where he finished his playing career. After the 2016-17 season, Slanina contract was not renewed by Pallacanestro Reggiana, but the Lithuanian and his family continue to live in Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia (; ), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until Unification of Italy, 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatas Škarnulis
Donatas Škarnulis (born 21 October 1977) is a Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...n race walker. He finished twelfth at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. He also competed at the 2006 World Race Walking Cup. Achievements References * 1977 births Living people Lithuanian male race walkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Lithuania {{lithuania-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatas Sabeckis
Donatas Sabeckis (born 30 December 1992) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for M Basket Mažeikiai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He primarily plays as point guard, but can also play as shooting guard or small forward. Playing career Born in Kaunas, Sabeckis started his professional career in JAZZ-Diremta, where he played in RKL and NKL leagues (third and second division). In 2013/2014 season he moved to Sūduva-Mantinga alongside his brother Deividas. In 2015/16 season Sabeckis won gold medals with the team and was named NKL Finals MVP. In 2016/17 season he signed with Šiauliai of the LKL. On 23 April 2017 in game against BC Vytautas, Sabeckis recorded 20 points, 13 assists, 7 rebounds, 6 steals, and 37 efficiency points. After a breakout 2017/2018 season, in which Sabeckis led LKL in assists, he was signed by Žalgiris on 6 August 2018. On 31 October, Sabeckis was loaned to German club MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg for the rest of the season. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatas Navikas
Donatas Navikas (born 30 June 1983) is a former Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...n footballer who has recently started coaching career. He is currently coaching FK Neptūnas. Navikas previously played for FC Salyut-Energia Belgorod in the Russian First Division. Coaching career Following a 9–1 defeat against FK Sūduva in the beginning of November 2019, head coach Viktors Dobrecovs was fired and Navikas - who at the time was assistant coach to Dobrecovs - was appointed as FK Atlantas coach on temporary basis until the end of the year. Navikas lost all four games in charge and left the club at the end of the year. In January 2020 Navikas took up an offer to coach newly established football club FK Neptūnas, where he also was registered as a pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Language
Lithuanian (, ) is an East Baltic languages, East Baltic language belonging to the Baltic languages, Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the language of Lithuanians and the official language of Lithuania as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are approximately 2.8 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 1 million speakers elsewhere. Around half a million inhabitants of Lithuania of non-Lithuanian background speak Lithuanian daily as a second language. Lithuanian is closely related to neighbouring Latvian language, Latvian, though the two languages are not mutually intelligible. It is written in a Latin script. In some respects, some linguists consider it to be the most conservative (language), conservative of the existing Indo-European languages, retaining features of the Proto-Indo-European language that had disappeared through development from other descendant languages. History Among Indo-European languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatas Nakrošius
Donatas Nakrošius (born 17 February 1991) is a Lithuanian footballer who plays as a defender for Polonia Warsaw II. He has spent most of his career in the Polish third-tier II liga. Early life His father being a handball player, Nakrošius practiced basketball as a child and was part of his school teams. Poland Able to speak some Polish, the Lithuanian defender quickly acculturated into Poland and Rzeszów upon getting there in 2012, making 34 appearances and scoring 1 goal. He has stated that the main problem with football in Latvia and Lithuania is that the clubs do not know how to manage their money and sometimes do not have sponsors. Nakrošius retired from professional football at the end of the 2023–24 season, before joining Polonia Warsaw's reserve side in August 2024. Personal life Meeting his wife, Kasia, in Rzeszów, Nakrošius has one son. Honours Polonia Warsaw * III liga Łódź–Masovia: 2015–16 Polonia Warsaw II * Polish Cup (Warsaw regionals) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
