Ramūnas Šiškauskas

Ramūnas Šiškauskas
Player information
Nickname	Šiška, Mažas, Pippen báltico
birthday	September 10, 1978
place of birth	Kaišiadorys , Lithuanian SSR , Soviet Union
size	198 cm
Weight	100 kg
position	Small Forward / Shooting Guard
Clubs as active
Until 1999 BC Sakalai Vilnius 1999–2004 Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 2004–2006 Benetton Treviso 2006–2007 Panathinaikos Athens 2007–2012 CSKA Moscow00
National team
2000-2008	Lithuania

Ramūnas Šiškauskas medal table
Basketball (men)
Lithuania
Olympic games
bronze	2000 Sydney	Lithuania
European Championship
gold	2003 Sweden	Lithuania
bronze	2007 Spain	Lithuania

Ramūnas Šiškauskas ( hear ^{? / I} , born September 10, 1978 in Kaišiadorys ) is a former Lithuanian basketball player .

Career

The 1.98 meter tall Lithuanian began his professional career at Sakalai Vilnius , where he stayed until 1999, before moving to BC Lietuvos Rytas . At Lietuvos Rytas, Šiškauskas was under contract until 2004 and won the Lithuanian championship there. He was also able to win the NEBL with his club.

In 2004 the Lithuanian moved abroad to Benetton Treviso in Italy . With Treviso, Šiškauskas won the cup (2005) and the championship (2006).

In the 2006/2007 season Ramūnas Šiškauskas played for the Greek club Panathinaikos Athens , where he won the Greek Championship , the Greek Cup and the ULEB Euroleague . In 2007, Šiškauskas moved to the Russian club CSKA Moscow for a transfer fee of one million euros . With Moscow he won the ULEB Euroleague again in 2008 and the Russian championship five times in a row between 2008 and 2012.

In 2012, Šiškauskas announced his retirement from active sports.

National team

Ramūnas Šiškauskas was one of the key players of the Lithuanian national team and was able to win gold ( 2003 ) and bronze ( 2007 ) with this at the European basketball championship. He was also a bronze medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney .

Šiškauskas was characterized by great jumping ability and agility, which, formally listed as a small forward, made him applicable in almost all positions (except center ). In addition, there was a high level of accuracy in distance throws.

title

• Lithuanian champion: 2000, 2002
• Italian champion : 2006
• Greek champion : 2007
• Russian champion: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
• Italian Cup Winner: 2005
• Greek Cup Winner : 2007
• Russian Cup Winner: 2010
• ULEB Euroleague : 2007 , 2008
• NEBL winner: 2002
• VTB United League : 2008, 2010, 2012
• European Championship 2003
• Bronze medal at European Championships: 2007
• Bronze medal at the Olympic Games : 2000

Awards

• European Championship 1st Team: 2007
• Lithuanian League MVP : 2001
• MVP of the ULEB Euroleague season: 2008
• ESAKE : Best Team of the Year: 2007
• All Euroleague First Team: 2008
• All Euroleague Second Team: 2007, 2009
• European Championship 2nd Team: 2005
• Participation in the Lithuanian All Star Game: 2001, 2002, 2003
• Participation in the Greek All Star Game: 2007
• Participation in European championships: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
• Participation in the Olympic Games: 2000, 2004

Web links

• Ramūnas Šiškauskas in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Message about the end of your career on www.eurobasket.com