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Lithuanian basketball player
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
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"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
^ 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 .
^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow:
Fizkultura i sport . p. 307.
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"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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