Rimas Kurtinaitis (born May 15, 1960 in Kaunas, Lithuania) is a former basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team current their assistant coach. He played as a shooting guard and he is also known as the best European three-point shooter in the 80s. He is 196cm / 6'5 tall. In 1997 he was named to the Lithuanian Ministry of Sport, in 2003 he took the position as a head coach of Azerbaijan National Team. Jump to: navigation, search May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kaunas (approximate English transcription [ˈkəʊ.nəs], simplified Lithuanian transcription [kaŭnas]; German: Kauen; Polish: Kowno, often anglicized as Kovno; Russian Каунас, formerly Ковно), is the second largest city in Lithuania. ... Jump to: navigation, search Basketball is very popular in U.S. colleges. ... The Lithuania national basketball team represents Lithuania in international basketball matches. ... The head coach in sports coaching is the coach who is in charge of the other coaches. ...

Awards/Achievements

• World Champion - 1982
• World championship Silver medalist - 1986
• European champion - 1985
• European championship Silver medalist - 1987, 1995
• European championship Bronze medalist - 1989
• Olympic champion - 1988
• Olympic Bronze medalist - 1992
• Olympic Bronze medalist - 2000
• USSR champion - 1985, 1986, 1987
• Spanish ACB champion - 1994, 1995
• LKL All-Star game MVP - 1996

His former teams include Žalgiris Kaunas, CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid. Kurtinaitis was also the first European player to play as an import in Australia's National Basketball League, playing for the Townsville Suns in 1993. Jump to: navigation, search Final results for the Basketball competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea: Results Categories: 1988 Summer Olympics | Basketball at the Olympics ... Final results for the Basketball competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics: Results Categories: 1992 Summer Olympics events | Basketball at the Olympics ... Final results for the Basketball competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Results Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics events | Basketball at the Olympics ... ACB (Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto), is the premier professional basketball league in Spain. ... LKL - Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga (Lithuanian Basketball League), the first league of Lithuanian basketball, currently consisting of 9 teams: Vilniaus Lietuvos Rytas Vilniaus Sakalai Kauno Žalgiris Kauno Hidruva-Atletas Klaipėdos Neptūnas Šiaulių Šiauliai Panevežio Aukštaitija Alytaus Alita Kėdainių Nevėžis ... Team Emblem BC Žalgiris is a basketball team based in Kaunas, Lithuania. ... CSKA Moscow (Central Sports Army Club Moscow, Russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club, often referred to as Red Army for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. ... Jump to: navigation, search Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club ranked as The XXth Centurys Best Club by FIFA. Formed on March 6, 1902, it competes in the Spanish first division or Primera División, from which it has never been relegated since the... Jump to: navigation, search National Basketball League Logo (2004 - Present) The National Basketball League is Australias top-level professional basketball competition. ... The Townsville Crocodiles are a basketball team competing in the Australian National Basketball League. ...