Mindaugas Šliūpas (1919–1979) was a Lithuanian basketball player.[3] He won gold medal with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1939.[4] He played one game against Finland and scored no points.[5]
 Mindaugas Šliūpas in 1939 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 May 1919[1] Kaunas, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
| Died | February 3, 1979 (aged 59)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He was a son of physician Rokas Šliūpas and nephew of activist Jonas Šliūpas.[6] After graduating from the Kaunas War School, he studied law at the Vytautas Magnus University.[7] On 15–22 April 1945, while World War II was still ongoing, the Soviet Union organized the 6th tournament of eight cities in Kaunas.[8] Šliūpas was the only team member who played in the EuroBasket 1939.[9] The Lithuanian team won all games except it tied with the Moscow team 25:25.[8] The Moscow team evened out the score after a being awarded questionable free throw and was declared the overall winner of the tournament based on the overall points scored during the tournament.[9] After the tournament, several Lithuanian basketball players, including Šliūpas, Vincas Sercevičius, Stasys Šačkus, Vilius Variakojis, were arrested and deported to Gulag camps.[9] Šliūpas was arrested on 16 June 1945 and was imprisoned in a Dalstroy camp in the Magadan Oblast.[10] He was released in 1956 and returned to Lithuania.[1] Upon his return, he worked in land improvement and drainage.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Atsiliepkite!" (PDF). Tremtinys (in Lithuanian). 13 (28): 4. October 1990. ISSN 2029-509X.
- ^ European Championships for Men, Lithuanian Basketball Research.
- ^ Stonkus, Stanislovas. "Mindaugas Šliūpas". Lietuvos sporto enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ Abromaitis, Arūnas (10 July 2011). "Iš nežinios į viršūnę - 1937 ir 1939 metai". Respublika (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ Eidvilas, Rolandas V. (25 June 2011). "EČ istorija. Antrojo Lietuvos triumfo savaitė (1939 m.)". Lietuvos rytas (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ Stepukonienė, Inga (2014). "Daktaras Rokas Šliūpas – lietuvybės puoselėtojas" (PDF). Žiemgala (in Lithuanian). 2: 13, 17. ISSN 1392-3781.
- ^ a b Jazdauskas, Algimantas (31 March 2012). "Humanistas Rokas Šliūpas" (PDF). Voruta (in Lithuanian). 7 (745): 13. ISSN 1392-0677.
- ^ a b Stonkus, Stanislovas. "Krepšinis". Lietuvos sporto enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ a b c "Sėkmingas žaidimas baigėsi tremtimis". Sportas (in Lithuanian). 18 March 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Mindaugas Šliūpas". Lietuvos politiniai kaliniai „Dalstroj“ lageriuose (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos politinių kalinių bendrija „Kolyma“. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
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