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{{Short description|Lithuanian basketball player}}
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| name = Kazys Petkevičius
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|birth_date=January 1, 1926
| birth_date = 1 January 1926
|birth_place=[[Steigviliai]], [[Lithuania]]
| birth_place = [[Steigviliai]], [[Lithuania]]
|death_date=October 14, 2008
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|10|14|1926|1|1|df=y}}
|death_place=[[Kaunas]], [[Lithuania]]
| death_place = [[Kaunas]], [[Lithuania]]
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'''Kazimieras Petkevičius''' (January 1, 1926 &ndash; October 14, 2008<ref>{{lt icon}} [http://www.eurobasket.lt/lt/naujienos/36894/1 Mirė legendinis Kauno "Žalgirio" žaidėjas ir treneris K.Petkevičius]</ref>) was a [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]] [[basketball]] player who competed for the [[Soviet Union]] in the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] and in the [[1956 Summer Olympics]]. He trained at [[Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR|VSS]] [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris]] in [[Kaunas]] and later at [[Burevestnik (sports society)|Burevestnik]] in [[Leningrad]].<ref name="Khavin">{{cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=[[Fizkultura i sport (publisher)|Fizkultura i sport]]|edition = 2nd ed.|pages=307|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian}}</ref>


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'''Kazys Petkevičius''' (1 January 1926 – 14 October 2008)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.lt/lt/naujienos/36894/1 |title=''Mirė legendinis Kauno "Žalgirio" žaidėjas ir treneris K.Petkevičius'' |trans-title=The legendary player of Kaunas "Žalgiris" and trainer K.Petkevičius died |website=EuroBasket.lt |language=lt |date=October 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019033628/http://www.eurobasket.lt/lt/naujienos/36894/1 |archive-date=October 19, 2008 |quote=Kazys Petkevičius}}</ref> was a [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]] [[basketball]] player who competed for the [[Soviet Union]] in the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] and in the [[1956 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/kazys-petkevicius-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203192151/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/kazys-petkevicius-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 3, 2016 |title=Kazys Petkevičius |access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref> He played for [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris]] in [[Kaunas]] and later for [[BC Spartak Saint Petersburg|Spartak Leningrad]] in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]].<ref name="Khavin">{{cite book |title=All about Olympic Games |author=Boris Khavin |publisher=[[Fizkultura i sport (publisher)|Fizkultura i sport]] |edition=2nd |pages=307 |year=1979 |location=Moscow |language=Russian}}</ref>
He was a member of the [[Soviet Union national basketball team|Soviet team]] which won the silver medal. He played all eight matches. Four years later he won his second silver medal as part of the Soviet team.


Petkevičius graduated from the Lithuanian State Physical Culture Institute in 1949 and studied in [[aspirantura]] in Leningrad.<ref>[http://www.kaunodiena.lt/lt/?id=6&aid=34307 Straipsnis<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Petkevičius graduated from the State Institute of Physical Education (now [[Lithuanian Sports University]]) in 1949 and continued his post-graduate studies in Leningrad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kaunodiena.lt/lt/?id=6&aid=34307 |title=''Apdovanotuosius Santakos garbės ženklais sveikinsime Vasario 16-ąją'' |trans-title=We will congratulate the winners of Santai Honor on February 16 |website=KaunoDiena.lt |language=lt |date=January 14, 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927031008/http://www.kaunodiena.lt/lt/?id=6&aid=34307 |archivedate=September 27, 2007}}</ref>


Not until recently he worked as an assistant coach for the Lithuanian basketball club [[Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school]].
Until the end of his life he worked as an assistant coach for the Lithuanian basketball club [[BC Žalgiris-2|Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school]].


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{databaseOlympics|PETKEKAZ01|Kazys Petkevicius|archive=20070930051923}}
*[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PETKEKAZ01 databaseolympics profile]
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* {{Olympedia|6857|Kazys Petkevičius}}
*[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/kazys-petkevicius-1.html sports-reference profile]
* {{Olympics.com|kasis-petkyavichus|Kasis Petkyavichus}}


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Latest revision as of 04:41, 21 December 2023

Kazys Petkevičius
Personal information
Born1 January 1926
Steigviliai, Lithuania
Died14 October 2008(2008-10-14) (aged 82)
Kaunas, Lithuania
Medal record
Men's basketball
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Team
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1947 Czechoslovakia Team
Gold medal – first place 1953 USSR Team
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Hungary Team

Kazys Petkevičius (1 January 1926 – 14 October 2008)[1] was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2] He played for Žalgiris in Kaunas and later for Spartak Leningrad in Leningrad.[3]

Petkevičius graduated from the State Institute of Physical Education (now Lithuanian Sports University) in 1949 and continued his post-graduate studies in Leningrad.[4]

Until the end of his life he worked as an assistant coach for the Lithuanian basketball club Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mirė legendinis Kauno "Žalgirio" žaidėjas ir treneris K.Petkevičius" [The legendary player of Kaunas "Žalgiris" and trainer K.Petkevičius died]. EuroBasket.lt (in Lithuanian). October 15, 2008. Archived from the original on October 19, 2008. Kazys Petkevičius
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kazys Petkevičius". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  3. ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 307.
  4. ^ "Apdovanotuosius Santakos garbės ženklais sveikinsime Vasario 16-ąją" [We will congratulate the winners of Santai Honor on February 16]. KaunoDiena.lt (in Lithuanian). January 14, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.

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