Kristupas Žemaitis
| No. 13 – Lietkabelis Panevėžys | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||
| League | LBL EuroCup | ||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 24, 1996 Kaunas, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Žalgiris-2 Kaunas | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | BC Šiauliai | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Nevėžis Kėdainiai | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Dzūkija Alytus | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | ||||||||||||||||
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Kristupas Žemaitis (born 24 June 1996) is a Lithuanian basketball player who plays for Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).[1]
Professional career[]
Žemaitis started his professional career when he signed with BC Žalgiris-2 in summer 2014. He spend 3 seasons with club. In 2015-16 season Žemaitis won silver medals with club, averaging 9 points and 3,4 assists per game.
In April 2017, Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas registered him for rest of the season, because, half of the team was injured, and by the LKL rules they can't sign any player who's older than 21 years old.[2] He debuted against Kėdainiai Nėvėžis, scoring 6 points and making 1 assists.
On November 23, 2019, he has signed with Nevėžis Kėdainiai of the Lithuanian Basketball League.[3]
National team career[]
Žemaitis debuted for the Lithuania men's u-18 basketball team in the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Turkey. Later that summer he won gold at 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, Basketball 3x3 Boys tournament hitting buzzer beater, in final game against France.[4]
He won silver medals with the Lithuania men's national u-20 basketball team in 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. After solid performance at tournament, he was selected to the All-Tournament Team.[5]
Žemaitis won gold medal with the Lithuanian team during the 2017 Summer Universiade after defeating the United States' team 74–85 in the final.[6]
References[]
- ^ http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Kristupas-Zemaitis/Lithuania/Zalgiris-II-Kaunas/273240[bare URL]
- ^ https://www.basketnews.lt/news-108920-vytauto-gretas-papildys-kristupas-zemaitis.html
- ^ "Prie komandos prisijungė Kristupas Žemaitis" (in Lithuanian). kknevezis.lt. November 23, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ^ https://www.basketnews.lt/news-75958-zemaicio-tolimas-suvis-lietuviams-padovanojo-olimpinius-aukso-medalius-video.html
- ^ "Lietuvos dvidešimtmečiams – sidabro medaliai | 24sek.lt". 15min.lt. 2016-07-24. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ^ "Results - Men Gold Medal Game 2017". fisu.net. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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