Gintaras Krapikas

Personal information

Born

July 6, 1961

Medal record

Men's Basketball
Competitor for Lithuania
Olympic Games
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Lithuania
FIBA European Championship
Silver	1995 Greece	Lithuania

Gintaras Krapikas (born July 6, 1961 in Kretinga, Lithuanian SSR, USSR) is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for Žalgiris Kaunas. He was a member of the Lithuanian national team that won a bronze medal in Barcelona's 1992 Summer Olympics.

In 2000 he took a position as assistant basketball coach for Žalgiris; together with the head coach, Antanas Sireika, he stepped down from this position in 2006 when the coaching team was re-organized. From 2002 to 2005 he was an assistant coach for the Lithuanian national team. During the 1980s, while playing for Žalgiris, his jersey number was 9, and his position was small forward. From 2006 till 2008, he was assistant basketball coach for UNICS Kazan. Since 2008, he was the head coach of Žalgiris Kaunas. On December 18, 2009 he resigned from Žalgiris Kaunas head coach post.

Awards/achievements

USSR Champion - 1985, 1986, 1987
Intercontinental W. Jones Cup winner - 1986
Olympic Bronze medalist - 1992
European championship Silver medalist - 1995

References

(Lithuanian) [1]. Gintaras Krapikas. Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga.
(Lithuanian) [2]. G. Krapikas: „Žalgiris“ – mano gyvenimas. Balsas.lt.

1992 Olympic Bronze Medalists Men's Basketball – Lithuania

Chomičius \| Pazdrazdis \| Visockas \| Dimavičius \| Brazdauskis \| Krapikas \| Kurtinaitis \| Sabonis \| Karnišovas \| Marčiulionis \| Einikis \| Jovaiša \| Coach: Garastas

Lithuania squad – EuroBasket 1995 - Silver medal

4 Chomičius \| 5 Timinskas \| 6 Štombergas \| 7 Visockas \| 8 Lukminas \| 9 Krapikas \| 10 Kurtinaitis \| 11 Sabonis \| 12 Karnišovas \| 13 Marčiulionis \| 14 Einikis \| 15 Markevičius \| Coach: Garastas

Persondata
Name	Krapikas, Gintaras
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Short description	Basketball player
Date of birth	July 6, 1961
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