Kristupas Žemaitis (born 24 June 1996) 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 basketball player who plays for Wolves Twinsbet of the

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(LKL).

Professional career

Žemaitis started his professional career when he signed with BC Žalgiris-2 in summer 2014. He spent 3 seasons with club. In 2015-16 season Žemaitis won silver medals with club, averaging 9 points and 3,4 assists per game. In April 2017, Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas registered him for rest of the season, because, half of the team was injured, and by the LKL rules they can't sign any player who's older than 21 years old. He debuted against Kėdainiai Nėvėžis, scoring 6 points and making 1 assists. On November 23, 2019, he has signed with Nevėžis Kėdainiai of the

. On July 24, 2022, he has signed with BC Wolves of the

National team career

Žemaitis debuted for the Lithuania men's u-18 basketball team in the

2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 31st edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, held in Konya, Turkey, from 24 July to 3 August 2014. The tournament served as the qualifying tour ...

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. Later that summer he won gold at

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Youth Olympic Games, Summer Youth Olympic Games, an ...

, Basketball 3x3 Boys tournament hitting buzzer beater, in final game against France. He won silver medals with the Lithuania men's national u-20 basketball team in

2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2016 FIBA U20 European Championship was the 19th edition of the FIBA U20 European Championship. The competition took place in Helsinki, Finland, from 16 to 24 July 2016. Participating teams * * * (Winners, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Cham ...

. After solid performance at tournament, he was selected to the All-Tournament Team. Žemaitis won gold medal with the Lithuanian team during the

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北201 ...

after defeating the

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' team 74–85 in the final.

Career statistics

EuroCup

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Lietkabelis BC Lietkabelis (), commonly known as Lietkabelis Panevėžys, also known as 7bet-Lietkabelis for sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Panevėžys, Lithuania, participating in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, Lit ...

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References

1996 births Living people Basketball players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Basketball players from Kaunas BC Nevėžis players BC Prienai players BC Šiauliai players BC Wolves players BC Žalgiris players Lithuanian men's basketball players 21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Point guards FISU World University Games gold medalists for Lithuania Summer World University Games medalists in basketball Youth Olympic gold medalists for Lithuania {{Lithuania-basketball-bio-stub