- Valdemaras Chomičius
Valdemaras Chomičius (born
May 4 1959 inKaunas ,Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic , USSR) is a retiredLithuania n professionalbasketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball teams currently assistant coach forUNICS Kazan inRussia and assistant coach on the Lithuanian national team.As a 192 cm (6'3 3/4") tall
point guard he is best remembered as the captain from the "golden years" of Žalgiris Kaunas by winning three consecutive USSR championships against the rival CSKA Moscow in 1985-1987. His former teams include Žalgiris Kaunas, Forum Valladolid, CAI Zaragoza. He also has played in Italy for Aprimatic Bologna (Serie A2) in the 1990-1991 season.He head coached the Lithuania national team to win the Stanković Continental Champions Cup in China in 2005.
Honors
*World Champion - 1982
*European champion - 1979, 1985
*USSR champion - 1985, 1986, 1987
*European championship Silver medalist - 1987, 1995
*European championship Bronze medalist - 1983, 1989
*Olympic champion - 1988
*Olympic Bronze medalist - 1992
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