Rimas kurtinaitis

Rimas kurtinaitis
Player information
birthday	May 15, 1960
place of birth	Kaunas , Lithuanian SSR , Soviet Union
size	196 cm
position	Shooting Guard / Small Forward
Clubs as active
1984–1989 Žalgiris Kaunas 1989–1992 Brandt Hagen 1992–1993 Žalgiris Kaunas 1993 Townsville Suns 1993–1995 Real Madrid 1995–1996 Žalgiris Kaunas 1996 Élan Sportif Chalonnais 1997 Angers BC 49 1997–1998 KK Atletas 1998–1999 BC Lietuvos 2001 BC Kiev 00000 00000 00000
National team
1982-1990 1992-1996	Soviet Union Lithuania
Clubs as coaches
2002–2006 Gala BC Baku 2006–2007 Ural Great Perm 2007–2008 KK Sakalai Vilnius 2008–2010 BC Lietuvos Rytas 2010–2011 VEF Riga 2011–2016 BK Chimki

Rimas Kurtinaitis (born May 15, 1960 in Kaunas ) is a Lithuanian basketball coach and former basketball player. He played successfully for Žalgiris Kaunas , CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid , as well as in the Soviet and from 1991 in the Lithuanian national team . He belongs to the successful generation of Lithuanian basketball players around Arvydas Sabonis . As one of the best wingers of his time, the 1.96 m tall Kurtinaitis was known both as a player and as Europe's best three-point shooter. At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 , he was Olympic champion with the team of the Soviet Union . Four years later he won the bronze medal in Barcelona , this time with the Lithuanian team. He went to Australia in 1993 and played for the Townsville Suns , but moved to Real Madrid the following year . In 2003 he became national coach in Azerbaijan .

At the beginning of 2008, Rimas Kurtinaitis was one of a group of 105 basketball players who were nominated by the Euroleague basketball and / or basketball enthusiasts to determine fifty important figures in basketball in Europe , active from 1958 to 2008 and subsequently in Madrid in May 2008 ( Spain ). All the nominated players played a particularly prominent role in the European Cup competitions of FIBA Europe and the Euroleague basketball and were each among the particularly prominent 'stars' of their national league teams.

From 1997 to 2001 he was director of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports at the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (KKSD).

Success as a player

• Olympic champion in 1988
• Olympic bronze medalist in 1992 and 1996
• Vice world champion 1986
• European Champion 1985
• Vice European Champion in 1987 and 1995
• European Championship third in 1989
• Soviet champion with Žalgiris Kaunas 1985, 1986, 1987 and with CSKA Moscow 1982
• Soviet runner-up with "Žalgiris Kaunas" 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989
• Intercontinental Cup winner with "Žalgiris Kaunas" 1986
• Spanish champions with Real Madrid in 1994, 1995
• Lithuanian champion with "Žalgiris Kaunas" 1996
• Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 1996 season
• Lithuanian runner-up with Atletas Kaunas in 1998
• Lithuanian runner-up with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius 1999
• Lithuanian cup winner with "Lietuvos rytas" 1999

Individual evidence

1. ^ The All-Time Player Nominees ( Memento from January 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) - A to Z. Website Euroleague Basketball. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
2. ↑ KKSD history