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Gintaras "Vytas" Krapikas (born July 6, 1961 in Kretinga, Lithuanian SSR, USSR) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and a former international player. He was the head coach for the Nanjing Monkey Kings of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He was a member of the Lithuania national basketball team that won a bronze medal in Barcelona's 1992 Summer Olympics. He currently serves as an assistant coach of Žalgiris Kaunas

Gintaras Krapikas

Žalgiris Kaunas
Position	Assistant coach
League	LKL EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(1961-07-06) July 6, 1961 (age 61) Kretinga, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Career information
Playing career	1980–1999
Career history
As player:
1980–1990	Žalgiris Kaunas
1990–1999	Tus Iserlohn
As coach:
2000–2006	Žalgiris Kaunas (assistant)
2006–2008	Unics Kazan (assistant)
2008	Žalgiris Kaunas (assistant)
2008–2009	Žalgiris Kaunas
2010–2011	Nevėžis Kėdainiai
2011–2012	Azovmash Mariupol
2012	Unics Kazan (assistant)
2013–2014	Žalgiris Kaunas (assistant)
2014–2016	Žalgiris Kaunas
2018–2019	Nanjing Monkey Kings
2022–present	Žalgiris Kaunas (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As Player: Soviet Union champion (1987) As Assistant Coach: 6× Lithuanian League champion (2001, 2003–2005, 2014, 2015) Baltic League champion (2005) As Head Coach: Lithuanian Cup (2015)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Lithuania Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona National Team EuroBasket 1995 Greece National Team 2013 Slovenia National Team 2015 France National Team

Playing career

During the 1980s, while playing for Žalgiris, Krapikas' jersey number was 9, and his position was small forward.

Coaching career

In 2000, Krapikas took a position as assistant basketball coach for Žalgiris Kaunas; together with the head coach, Antanas Sireika, he stepped down from this position in 2006, when the coaching team was re-organized. From 2002 to 2005, he was an assistant coach for the Lithuanian national team. From 2006 until 2008, he was an assistant basketball coach for UNICS Kazan.

In 2008, he was the head coach of Žalgiris Kaunas, to very little success, and on December 18, 2009, he resigned from Žalgiris Kaunas' head coach post. He also coached Nevėžis for a short time in the 2010-2011 season, and was the assistant and head coach for Azovmash in 2011-2012. He returned to UNICS Kazan in 2012. Before the 2013-2014 season, he came back to Žalgiris Kaunas as an assistant coach. He became head coach in April. This time, he was much more success - under Krapikas, Žalgiris played great defence - and had a solid season in the Euroleague in 2014-2015, making the Top16 phase. Žalgiris also won the LKF Cup in 2015, as well as the 2014 and 2015 LKL titles. The team dominated in matches with biggest rival BC Lietuvos rytas. By the 2015-2016 season, however, the magic had worn off - the results were poor, especially in the Euroleague, and Krapikas resigned under much pressure in January, 2016. He was replaced by Šarūnas Jasikevičius.

Awards and achievements

• USSR League Champion - 1985, 1986, 1987
• Intercontinental W. Jones Cup winner - 1986
• Olympic Bronze medalist - 1992
• European championship Silver medalist - 1995

Nickname

Gintaras Krapikas has an old nickname, which appeared during his tenure with Kaunas Žalgiris as a player. The nickname appeared due to his second name "Krapikas", which is a little bit similar to Lithuanian word "Krapai" (English: Dill) and at that time, there was a famous dill farmer, Vytas, from Petrašiūnai.[1]

References

• (in Lithuanian) . Gintaras Krapikas. Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga.
• (in Lithuanian) . G. Krapikas: „Žalgiris“ – mano gyvenimas. Balsas.lt.

External links

• Coach Profile at EuroLeague.net

На других языках

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[de] Gintaras Krapikas

Gintaras Krapikas (* 6. Juli 1961 in Kretinga) ist ein litauischer Basketball-Trainer und ehemaliger Basketballspieler.

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- [en] Gintaras Krapikas

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[fr] Gintaras Krapikas

Gintaras Krapikas (né le 6 juillet 1961 à Kretinga dans la République socialiste soviétique de Lituanie en Union soviétique) est un ancien joueur soviétique puis lituanien de basket-ball, évoluant au poste d'ailier. Il est devenu entraîneur.

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[it] Gintaras Krapikas

Gintaras Krapikas (Kretinga, 6 luglio 1961) è un ex cestista e allenatore di pallacanestro lituano, fino al 1991 sovietico.

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[ru] Крапикас, Гинтарас

Гинтарас Крапикас (лит. Gintaras Krapikas; 6 июля 1961, Кретинга, Литовская ССР, СССР) — советский и литовский баскетболист. Мастер спорта СССР международного класса. Форвард.

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