Mindaugas Šliūpas

Mindaugas Šliūpas (1919–1979) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won gold medal with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1939.[3] He played one game against Finland and scored no points.[4]

Mindaugas Šliūpas
Mindaugas Šliūpas in 1939
Personal information
Born5 May 1919[1]
Died1979[1]
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Medal record
Men's basketball
Representing  Lithuania
FIBA EuroBasket
1939 KaunasTeam competition

He was a son of physician Rokas Šliūpas and nephew of activist Jonas Šliūpas.[5] After graduating from the Kaunas War School, he studied law at the Vytautas Magnus University.[6] On 15–22 April 1945, while World War II was still ongoing, the Soviet Union organized the 6th tournament of eight cities in Kaunas.[7] Šliūpas was the only team member who played in the EuroBasket 1939.[8] The Lithuanian team won all games except it tied with the Moscow team 25:25.[7] The Moscow team evened out the score after a being awarded questionable free throw and was declared the overall winner of the tournament based on the overall points scored during the tournament.[8] After the tournament, several Lithuanian basketball players, including Šliūpas, Vincas Sercevičius, Stasys Šačkus, Vilius Variakojis, were arrested and deported to Gulag camps.[8] Šliūpas was arrested on 16 June 1945 and was imprisoned in a Dalstroy camp in the Magadan Oblast.[9] He was released in 1956 and returned to Lithuania.[1] Upon his return, he worked in land improvement and drainage.[6]

References
  1. "Atsiliepkite!" (PDF). Tremtinys (in Lithuanian). 13 (28): 4. October 1990. ISSN 2029-509X.
  2. European Championships for Men, Lithuanian Basketball Research.
  3. Abromaitis, Arūnas (10 July 2011). "Iš nežinios į viršūnę - 1937 ir 1939 metai". Respublika (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. Eidvilas, Rolandas V. (25 June 2011). "EČ istorija. Antrojo Lietuvos triumfo savaitė (1939 m.)". Lietuvos rytas (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  5. Stepukonienė, Inga (2014). "Daktaras Rokas Šliūpas – lietuvybės puoselėtojas" (PDF). Žiemgala (in Lithuanian). 2: 13, 17. ISSN 1392-3781.
  6. Jazdauskas, Algimantas (31 March 2012). "Humanistas Rokas Šliūpas" (PDF). Voruta (in Lithuanian). 7 (745): 13. ISSN 1392-0677.
  7. Stonkus, Stanislovas. "Krepšinis". Lietuvos sporto enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  8. "Sėkmingas žaidimas baigėsi tremtimis". Sportas (in Lithuanian). 18 March 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  9. "Mindaugas Šliūpas". Lietuvos politiniai kaliniai „Dalstroj“ lageriuose (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos politinių kalinių bendrija „Kolyma“. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
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