Arvydas Sabonis

Arvydas Romas Sabonis, born on 19 December 1964, is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player who played the center position. He won the Euroscar six times and the Mr. Europa Award twice, played in leagues including the Spanish ACB League, and spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association after the Portland Trail Blazers drafted him in 1986, though he did not play his first NBA game until 1995 at the age of 30. He won Olympic gold in 1988 for the Soviet Union and bronze medals in 1992 and 1996 representing Lithuania. He retired in 2005, was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011, and later served as president of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation.