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Rimantas Kaukėnas

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Rimantas Kaukėnas is a Lithuanian basketball player, born in Vilnius on 11 April 1977 and nicknamed Rimas. He stands 192 centimetres tall and is listed at 95 kilograms. Olympedia gives his club affiliation as Polisportiva Mens Sana of Siena in Italy. He played for Lithuania at two Olympic Games, taking part in the men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where Lithuania finished fourth, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where it finished eighth. Olympedia also lists him among the Olympians who won a medal at the European Basketball Championship, EuroBasket, where he took bronze with Lithuania in 2007.

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Birth Year
1977 1
Career Highlight
Lithuanian basketball player who spent much of his career in Italy and played for the senior men's Lithuanian national team, later a basketball executive. 2
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
1 1
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Source Rimantas Kaukėnas (Olympedia)Biographical information, nationality
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NOC Lithuania LTU
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1. Rimantas Kaukėnas (Olympedia)
  • Biographical information
    Born 11 April 1977 in Vilnius, Vilnius LTU
  • Biographical information, gender
    Sex Male
  • List mentions
    Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Basketball Championship (EuroBasket)
  • Biographical information, nationality
    NOC Lithuania LTU
  • Plays: Basketball, Results
    Basketball, Men
  • Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Results
    2008 Summer Olympics
  • Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, Results
    2012 Summer Olympics
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2. Rimantas Kaukėnas (Wikipedia)
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He has also been a member of the senior men's Lithuanian national team.
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