sport.wikisort.org - AthleteModestas Paulauskas[note 1] (19 March 1945) is a former Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball coach and basketball player.
Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach
As a player, he was the youngest EuroBasket MVP in history, being only 20 years old at the time he won the award. He is known for having been one of the best Lithuanian basketball players of all time, and for having excellent dribbling ability. He was selected as the Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year, a record seven times, in 1965–1967, and 1969–1972.[1] He was a member of the Soviet team that achieved Olympic Gold in 1972 in Munich.
In 1991, he was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players.
In 2021, he was included into the FIBA Hall of Fame.[2]
Playing career
Club career
Paulauskas spent his whole club career with Žalgiris Kaunas, despite getting attention from teams based in Western Europe and the National Basketball Association (NBA). He could not join them due to political reasons, as Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union at that time, and people could not freely travel abroad. He was also asked to join Žalgiris Kaunas's main rival, CSKA Moscow, but he declined.[3]
Soviet national team
Paulauskas was a part of the senior Soviet Union national basketball teams that won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, and the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games.[4] Paulauskas became the captain of the senior Soviet national team in 1969.[5]
Coaching career
After retiring from playing basketball competitions, Paulauskas worked as a coach of the Soviet Union junior national teams from 1977 to 1989. In the early 1990s, he was the head coach of his native club, Žalgiris Kaunas.[6] After that, he coached basketball in schools, both in Lithuania and in Russia.[7]
Notes
- Lithuanian: Modestas Juozapas Paulauskas
Russian: Модестас Йозапас Феликсович Паулаускас
References
- Stankovic, Vladimir. "Modestas Paulauskas, the first Lithuanian "King"". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- "Modestas Paulauskas kartu su Nashu ir Pesičiumi įtrauktas į FIBA Šlovės muziejų". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- Butkus, Saulius (7 April 2015). "Į NBA kviestas M. Paulauskas: jei būčiau išvykęs, būtų nukentėję mano artimieji". DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Modestas Paulauskas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Andzelis, Paulius. "M.Paulauskas: "Marškinėlių pakėlimas – didžiausias įvertinimas žaidėjui"". Žalgiris.lt. Retrieved 8 September 2015.[permanent dead link]
- Khodorkovskii, Boris. Баскетбол. Три секунды и тридцать лет. evasport.ru
- Nagornyh Elena (17 November 2008) Уроки Паулаускаса. rg.ru
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На других языках
- [en] Modestas Paulauskas
[fr] Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Paulauskas, né le 19 mars 1945 à Kretinga, est un joueur puis entraîneur de basket-ball lituanien. Il remporte la médaille d'or avec l'équipe d'URSS lors des Jeux olympiques d'été de 1972 de Munich et, 4 ans auparavant, la médaille de bronze des Jeux olympiques d'été de 1968. Il entraîne le Žalgiris Kaunas. Il est connu comme étant l'un des meilleurs joueurs de Lituanie. Il avait une grande habileté au dribble et était un joueur phare de sa génération.
[it] Modestas Paulauskas
Modestas Juozapas Paulauskas (Kretinga, 19 marzo 1945) è un ex cestista e allenatore di pallacanestro sovietico, dal 1990 lituano.
[ru] Паулаускас, Модестас Феликсович
Модестас Феликсович Паулаускас (лит. Modestas Juozapas Paulauskas; род. 19 марта 1945 года, Кретинга, Литовская ССР, СССР) — советский литовский баскетболист, капитан сборной СССР, олимпийский чемпион 1972 года, двукратный чемпион мира (1967 и 1974) и 4-кратный чемпион Европы. Рост — 194 см. Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1967). Семь раз признавался лучшим спортсменом года в Литве. Член Зала славы ФИБА (2020)
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