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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>
'''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
Personal information
BornJanuary 1, 1926
Steigviliai, Lithuania
DiedOctober 14, 2008(2008-10-14) (aged 82)
Kaunas, Lithuania
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's basketball
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Team competition
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Team competition
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1947 Czechoslovakia USSR
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Bulgaria USSR

Kazimieras Petkevičius (January 1, 1926 – October 14, 2008[1]) was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas and later at Burevestnik in Leningrad.[2]

He was a member of the 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.[3]

Not until recently he worked as an assistant coach for the Lithuanian basketball club Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school.

References

  1. ^ Template:Lt icon Mirė legendinis Kauno "Žalgirio" žaidėjas ir treneris K.Petkevičius
  2. ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed. ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 307. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ Straipsnis

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