Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Šarūnas Marčiulionis

Lithuanian basketball player

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1964

Place of Birth: Kaunas, Kaunas County

Profession: basketball player

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Šarūnas Marčiulionis

  • Raimondas Šarunas Marciulionis (['r?^???m?nd?s ??'rû?n?s m?r?t??'l?ô?n??s] (listen)) (born June 13, 1964) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player.
  • Widely considered as one of the greatest international players, he was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
  • On August 8, 2014, Marciulionis was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015. In the 1988 Summer Olympics, together with teammate Arvydas Sabonis, Marciulionis led the senior USSR national team to the gold medal.
  • With the senior Lithuanian national team, he won two Summer Olympics bronze medals, in 1992 and 1996.
  • He was an All-Tournament Team member, the top scorer, and the MVP of the EuroBasket 1995, and he was also elected to the All-EuroBasket Team in 1987. Marciulionis is credited with bringing the Euro step move to the NBA.

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