- Rimas Kurtinaitis
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position=Shooting guard
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birthdate=birth date and age|1960|5|15Kaunas , Lithuanian SSR, USSR
debutyear=1981
finalyear=1999
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* CSKA (1981-1983)
* Žalgiris (1983-1989, 1992, 1995-1996)
* Hagen (1989-1992)
* Huesca (1992)
* Townsville Suns (1993)
* Real Madrid (1993-1995)
* Chalons (1996-1997)
* Atletas (1997-1998)
* Lietuvos Rytas (1998-1999)
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* 5-time USSR League Champion 1982,1983,1985,1986,1987
*ACB Champion - 1994
*LKL All-Star game MVP - 1995Rimas Kurtinaitis (born
May 15 1960 inKaunas , Lithuanian SSR, USSR) is a retired Soviet andLithuania nbasketball player who was a member of the USSR and Lithuanian national basketball teams. He is the current head coach for Polish teamŚląsk Wrocław . He played as ashooting guard and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All-Star Three Point Contest in 1989. He is 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) tall.In 1997 he was named to the Lithuanian Ministry of Sport, and in 2003 he took the position ofhead coach of theAzerbaijan national basketball team.He became
BC Sakalai head coach during the mid 2000s. In December 2007 he became head coach of Polish men'sŚląsk Wrocław basketball team. [cite web| publication=Eurobasket.net| title=EUROBASKET - Lithuanian basketball| url=http://www.eurobasket.com/ltu/ltu.asp| accessdate=2007-06-21]Awards and 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|1996
*USSR champion inBC Žalgiris - 1985, 1986, 1987
*Spanish ACB champion inReal Madrid Baloncesto - 1994
*LKL All-Star game MVP - 1996His former teams include Žalgiris Kaunas, CSKA Moscow, and 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.References
External links
* [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=ARD ACB.com Profile]
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