Sportin Lithuania is governed by the Physical Education and Sports Department following the country's independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. The Lithuanian government established the department to manage physical education in the schools and sports administration in the country. Over the next few years, Lithuanian sports organizations established membership in international governing bodies. Lithuania participated in the Winter Olympics in Albertville and has participated in every Winter and Summer Olympics since.
Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player and businessman. Recognized as one of the best European players of all time, he won the Euroscar six times, and the Mr. Europa Award twice. He played in a variety of leagues, and spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), in the United States. Playing the center position, Sabonis won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in South Korea, for the Soviet Union, and later earned bronze medals at the 1992 Olympic Games and 1996 Olympic Games, while representing Lithuania. He retired from professional basketball in 2005. Sabonis was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers, in the first round of the 1986 NBA draft, but he did not play his first NBA game until the age of 30, in 1995.
Jonava is the ninth largest city in Lithuania with a population of ca 30,000. It is located in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, 30 km (19 mi) north east of Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. It is served by Kaunas International Airport. Achema, the largest fertilizer factory in the Baltic states, is located nearby. The city is sometimes called "the capital of midsummer holiday".
Valdemaras Chomičius is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team. Assistant coach on the Lithuanian national team.
Rimas Kurtinaitis is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach, and a retired professional basketball player, who was a member of the senior Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball teams during his playing career. He won a gold medal at 1988 Olympics in South Korea. He is currently the head coach for Khimki. At a height of 1.96 m (6'5") tall, during his playing career, 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.
Jonas Mačiulis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. Standing at 1.98 m, he plays at the small forward position. As a member of the senior Lithuanian national team, he earned an All-EuroBasket Team selection in 2015, as Lithuania won the silver medal.
Migonys is a village in the Kupiškis district municipality, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, it had 106 inhabitants. The village celebrated its 400th anniversary in 1924. There is a hill-fort and 36 tumuli in the vicinity of the village.
Romanas Brazdauskis is a former basketball player from Lithuania, who won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His son, Lukas Brazdauskis, played for BC Lietuvos Rytas.
Laurynas Rimavičius is a Lithuanian football defender currently playing for FK Šiauliai.
Masiulis is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. Its feminine forms are: Masiulienė and Masiulytė.
Laurynas Grigelis is a Lithuanian professional tennis player and a prominent member of the Lithuania Davis Cup team. Grigelis holds the best ATP doubles ranking for Lithuanian player of all time.
Edgaras Ulanovas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He plays at the small forward position.
Karolis is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the North Germanic names Karl and Carl and the French and English Charles.
Vladas Knašius Basketball School is a basketball school in Klaipėda, Lithuania. School is closely working with BC Neptūnas. The team plays in the MKL.
Martynas Varnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Šiauliai of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He was selected to the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship All-Tournament Team after winning bronze medals with the Lithuania national team. Following the solid performance in the youth competition, it was reported that Varnas will receive a chance to join Žalgiris Kaunas club in 2015. Varnas, together with his age teammates: Tadas Sedekerskis and Laurynas Birutis, was invited to play in the FIBA's Youth All-Star Game during EuroBasket 2015.
Laurynas Beliauskas is a Lithuanian basketball player for Obradoiro CAB of the Liga ACB. Beliauskas made his debut with Neptunas Klaipeda during the 2014-15 season. He played in 2014–15 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament for BC Žalgiris youth. Although his team didn't make to the final, he won 3 point shootout contest. He won bronze medals with the Lithuania national team in 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.
Laurynas Birutis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Monbus Obradoiro of the Spanish Liga ACB.
Laurynas Mikalauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays for power forward position.
Laurynas Samėnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Swiss Central Basket of Swiss Basketball League.
The Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė MVP is an award that is annually handed out to the most valuable player, in a given tournament, of the Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė professional basketball Lithuanian national domestic cup competition. The award was introduced when the competition was first held, in 2016. Antanas Kavaliauskas was the inaugural winner of the award.
