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Rimas Kurtinaitis
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Rimas Kurtinaitis is a Lithuanian basketball player and coach, born 15 May 1960 in Kaunas. He was educated at the Lithuanian Sports University and played from 1981 to 2006 as a shooting guard and point guard for BK VEF Rīga, BC Rytas, BC Sakalai and CB Peñas Huesca, representing the Soviet Union and Lithuania at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics and EuroBasket 1985. He received the Medal 'For Labour Valour' and was named Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR.
He speaks Lithuanian and now manages the Lithuania national basketball team.
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Key facts
- 1992
- Žalgiris Kaunas
- 1993
- Townsville Suns
- 2006
- Ural Great
- 2007
- Sakalai Vilnius
- 2008
- Prokom Trefl Sopot (assistant)
- 2016
- Pallacanestro Cantù
- Title
- Head coach
- League
- Azerbaijan Basketball League
- Born
- ( 1960-05-15 ) 15 May 1960 (age 66) , Kaunas , Lithuania
- Listed height
- 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- Listed weight
- 207 lb (94 kg)
- Nba draft
- 1982 : undrafted
- Playing career
- 1981–2006
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Number
- 10, 12
- Coaching career
- 2002–present
- 1981 1983
- CSKA Moscow
- 1983 1989
- Žalgiris Kaunas
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- Lithuania Basketball
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- Lithuania
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Lithuania
- Place of birth
- Kaunas
- Occupation
- basketball coach
- Educated at
- Lithuanian Sports University
- Languages spoken
- Lithuanian
- Participant in
- 1996 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Real Madrid Baloncesto
- Position played
- point guard
- Country for sport
- Soviet Union
- Mass
- 94
- Image
- 2025-12-16 ALBA Berlin gegen Sabah BC (Basketball Champions League 2025-26) by Sandro Halank–096.jpg
- Height
- 196
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- Commons category
- Rimas Kurtinaitis
- date of birth
- 1960-05-15
- end of work period
- 2006-00-00
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- name in native language
- Rimas Kurtinaitis
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Encyclopedic overview
Rimas Kurtinaitis (born 15 May 1960) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Lithuania men's national team and Sabah of the Azerbaijan Basketball League (ABL). As a player, he was a member of the senior Soviet Union and Lithuania national teams, and won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. During his playing career, at a height of 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall, he played at the shooting guard position. He is the only non-NBA player to ever participate at the NBA All-Star Weekend's Three-Point Contest, doing so in 1989, where he scored 9 points.
Club playing career
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