Eugenijus Nikolskis

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Eugenijus Nikolskis

Eugenijus Nikolskis in 1939
Personal information
Born	1917 Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	Unknown
Height	5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m)
Weight	166 lb (75 kg)
Medal record Men's basketball Representing  Lithuania FIBA EuroBasket 1937 Riga Team competition 1939 Kaunas Team competition

Eugenijus Nikolskis (born 1917) was a Lithuanian basketball and table tennis player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939.^[1]

Biography[]

During World War I his parents moved to Russian Empire where Nikolskis was born. In 1922 he returned to Lithuania and attended Kaunas Jėzuitai Gymnasium, which he graduated in 1936. He also served in the Lithuanian Army.

He played table tennis and won Lithuania table tennis competition multiple times, been CJSO member. In 1939, in Cairo, he participated in table tennis world championship with Lithuania national team and finished 4th. From 1936 he also played basketball and was invited to Lithuania national basketball team two times. He played for Small forward position and became EuroBasket champion twice in EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939.

He worked at various Kaunas companies, after World War II he moved to Vilnius and there became "Spartakas" table tennis society coach. From 1953 he lived in Moscow, been Moscow "Spartakas" society head coach.

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• Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų lietuviai. (II t.) – Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras, Vilnius, 2002
• Vidas Mačiulis, Vytautas Gudelis. Halė, kurioje žaidė Lubinas ir Sabonis. 1939–1989 – Respublikinis sporto kombinatas, Kaunas, 1989