RamÅ«nas Å iÅ¡kauskas

Ramūnas Siskauskas ( hear? / I, born September 10, 1978 in Kaišiadorys ) is a former basketball player from Lithuania.

Career

His professional career began in the 1.98 m tall small forward at Sakalai Vilnius, where he remained until 1999, before moving to BC Lietuvos Rytas. In Lietuvos Rytas Siskauskas stood until 2004 under contract and won, among other things, the Lithuanian championship there. In addition, he won with his club the NEBL. Mid-2004 the Lithuanians abroad to Benetton Treviso in Italy. With Treviso Siskauskas for winning the Cup (2005) and the Cup (2006). In the season 2006/2007 Ramūnas Siskauskas played at the Greek club Panathinaikos, where he won the Greek Cup, the Greek Cup and the ULEB Euro League. 2007 moved Siskauskas for a transfer fee of one million euros to the Russian club CSKA Moscow. With Moscow he won again in 2008, the ULEB Euro League and between 2008 and 2012 five times in a row the Russian Championship. 2012 was Siskauskas his retirement from active sports known.

National

Ramūnas Siskauskas is one of the key players of the Lithuanian national team and was able to achieve this at the European Basketball Championships gold ( 2003) and bronze (2007). In addition, in 2000 he was bronze medalist at the Olympic Games in Sydney.

Siskauskas distinguishes a great jumping ability and agility, which formally made him as a forward, can be used on almost all positions make ( except center ). In addition, a high accuracy for distance throws.

Title

Lithuanian champion: 2000, 2002
Italian Champion: 2006
Greek champions: 2007
Champion of Russia: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Italian Cup Winners' Cup: 2005
Greek Cup winner: 2007
Russian Cup winner: 2010
ULEB Euro League: 2007, 2008
NEBL winner: 2002
VTB United League: 2008, 2010, 2012
2003 European Championship
Bronze medal at the European Championships: 2007
Bronze medal at the Olympic Games: 2000

Awards

European Championship 1st Team: 2007
MVP of the Lithuanian League: 2001
MVP of the ULEB Euro League Season: 2008
ESAKE: Best Team of the Year: 2007
All Euro League First Team: 2008
All Euro League Second Team: 2007, 2009
2nd European Championship team: 2005
Participation in the Lithuanian All Star Game: 2001, 2002, 2003
Participations in the Greek All Star Game: 2007
Participation in European championships: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
Participation in the Olympic Games: 2000, 2004

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