Steponas Babrauskas (born June 20, 1984) is a Lithuanian professional

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player.

Professional career

Babrauskas was a runner-up in the

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(LKL) with

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, in 2004. He won the

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(LBL) with

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, in 2007. In 2008, he returned to Lietuvos Rytas, and was named the team's

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. With Rytas, he won the European secondary level EuroCup championship, the Lithuanian League championship, and the

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(BBL) championship. He was one of the most hated opposing players by the rival fans of Žalgiris Kaunas. He had a brief stint in Turkey, in the 2014-15 season, a year removed after he left Rytas. He played for three seasons with

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, with whom he won the Baltic League in 2018. He moved to

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in 2018.

National team career

Babrauskas' first major achievement in basketball came at the

2003 FIBA Under-19 World Cup The 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Greek: 2003 Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα FIBA Under-19) was the 7th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. The men's U19 youth international basketball championship organized by FIBA. I ...

in Greece, where he and the Lithuanian Under-19 National Basketball Team won silver medals. He also won a bronze medal at the

2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the seventh edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Brno, in the Czech Republic, hosted the tournament. Slovenia won their second title. Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * Squads ...

, in the Czech Republic. He first won a gold medal at the

2005 FIBA Under-21 World Cup The 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship was an international basketball competition, held from 5 to 14 August 2005, in Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba and Mar de Plata, Argentina. It was the last edition of the FIBA Under-21 World Championship. Tw ...

, in Argentina. He also helped the Lithuanian junior team to win gold medals at the

2007 Summer Universiade The 2007 Summer Universiade officially known as the XXIV Summer Universiade and commonly known as Bangkok Universiade, was an international multi-sport for university athletes that took place from 8 to 18 August 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, with pre ...

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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Awards and honors

Pro clubs

* Latvian League Champion: 2007 *

Presidents Cup Winner: 2008 * Lithuanian Federation Cup Winner: 2009 * EuroCup Champion: 2009 *2× Lithuanian League Champion: 2009, 2010

Lithuanian junior national team

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References

''Steponas Babrauskas''.

BC Lietuvos Rytas Rytas Vilnius is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The club was founded in 1997 from another club, Statyba, and has become one of the most successful Lithuanian basketball clubs. Rytas have won two EuroCup Ba ...

External links

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