Arūnas Visockas (born 7 December 1965) is a retired
Lithuanian basketball
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player for the
Lithuanian national basketball team and
Žalgiris Kaunas. He was a
power forward
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200 cm tall and weighed 108 kg. Visockas is currently the assistant coach of the Lithuanian basketball team
BC Kaunas Triobet. His former clubs include
BC Zalgiris (1985–1996),
Atomeromu Paks (1996–2000) and
Statyba Jonava (2000–2001).
Awards and achievements
* Olympic Bronze medalist –
1992
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Events January
* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
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* European championship Silver medalist –
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
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References
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Articles FIBA
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1965 births
Living people
Lithuanian men's basketball players
BC Žalgiris players
Olympic basketball players for Lithuania
Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Lithuania
Olympic medalists in basketball
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Power forwards
Basketball players from Kaunas
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