Lukas Wank

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Lukas Wank
2023-01-03 ALBA Berlin gegen Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt (Basketball-Bundesliga 2022-23) by Sandro Halank-015.jpg
Wank with Skyliners Frankfurt in January 2023
Free Agent
Position Small forward
Personal information
Born (1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 (age 26)
Altenberg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2016 Science City Jena
2016–2017 s.Oliver Würzburg
2016–2017→ TG Würzburg
2017–2018 RheinStars Köln
2018–2019 Niners Chemnitz
2019–2021 Löwen Braunschweig
2021–2023 Skyliners Frankfurt
2023- Baskets Oldenburg

Lukas Nathanael Christian Wank is a German basketball player with Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga.

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Professional career

Having played his entire professional career in his native Germany, Lukas Wank started in 2014 with Science City Jena.

On July 5, 2016, he signed with s.Oliver Würzburg of the Basketball Bundesliga. [1]

On October 8, 2017, he signed with RheinStars Köln of the ProA. [2]

On May 29, 2018, he signed with Niners Chemnitz of the ProA. [3]

On June 24, 2019, he signed with Löwen Braunschweig of the Basketball Bundesliga. [4]

On July 6, 2021, he signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga. [5]

National team career

At the U18 European Championships in 2015, Wank reached the quarter-finals with the German national team. In May 2017 he was called up to the U20 -national team. At the U20 European Championships in the summer of 2017, he came seventh overall with the German team and scored an average of 3.1 Points per match. In 2019 he was called up to the A2 national team and with this in July 2019 he took part in the Summer Universiade in Naples in fifth place. In February 2020 he was in the extended squad of the senior national team for the first time. Wank played his first senior international match in June 2021 against the Czech Republic. The following month he contributed to the German team's qualification for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, and played in two games when the Olympics finally took place in 2021. Wank was used in two games in the Men's tournament at the Olympics. [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Nachwuchstalent Lukas Wank kommt zu den s.Oliver Baskets". mainpost.de (in German). July 5, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  2. ↑ "U20-Nationalspieler Wank Jetzt Ein Rheinstar". rheinstars-koeln.de (in German). October 8, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Niners: Daniel Mixich Geht, Lukas Wank Kommt". wochenendspiegel.de (in German). May 29, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Braunschweig verpflichtet A2-Nationalspieler Wank". basketball.de (in German). June 24, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Fraport Skyliners Verpflichten Deutsches Allroundtalent Lukas Wank". fraport-skyliners.de (in German). July 6, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Lukas Wank". Olympics. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Lukas Nathanael C. WANK". FIBA. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Lukas Wank". German . Basketball-bund. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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