Victorio Cieslinskas
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| Born | October 27, 1922 Marijampolė, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
| Died | June 19, 2007 (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||
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Victor Cieslinskas Zinevicaite (October 27, 1922 – June 19, 2007) was a Uruguayan basketball player of Lithuanian descent.[1][2] He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[3][2]
Cieslinskas was part of the Uruguayan men's basketball team, which finished fifth in the 1948 tournament.[2][4]
Four years later in 1952 Cieslinskas was a member of the Uruguayan team, which won the Olympic bronze medal.[2][4] He played all eight matches.
He also played for the Uruguayan Lithuanian basketball team Vytis in Montevideo.[2]
He died in 2007, and is buried at Cementerio del Norte, Montevideo.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Victorio Cieslinskas Olympic Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Stonkus, Stanislovas. "Victorio Cieslinskas". Lietuvos sporto enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Victorio Cieslinskas Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- 1 2 "Išeivijos lietuvių sportininkų indėlis į Lietuvos krepšinio raidą". Muziejuedukacija.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "Obituary of Victorio Cieslinskas" (in Spanish). LR21. 2007-07-20.
External links
[edit]- Victorio Cieslinskas at FIBA.basketball
- Victorio Cieslinskas at FIBA.com (archived)
- Victorio Cieslinskas – Basketball-Reference.com international player profile
- Victorio Cieslinskas at Olympedia
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