Stanislovas Stonkus

Stanislovas Stonkus

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Born	December 29, 1931 Telšiai, Lithuania
Died	Kaunas, Lithuania
Medal record Men's Basketball Representing the Soviet Union Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki USSR 1956 Melbourne USSR European Championships 1955 Hungary USSR 1957 Bulgaria USSR

Stanislovas "Stasys" Stonkus (29 December 1931 – 19 February 2012) was a Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Telšiai. In 1954, he graduated from the Lithuanian National Physical Education Institute. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas.

He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played one match. Four years later he won his second silver medal as part of the Soviet team. He defended his doctoral dissertation at Tartu University in 1974, and his Dr Habil. before the Joint Council in Moscow. After serving as rector of the Physical Education Institute (1978–1990), he was also vice-president of the Lithuanian Olympic Committee for four years (1992–1996). Stonkus has compiled a dictionary of sports terms in Lithuanian and has written several studies on sport.

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