Eugenijus Nikolskis

Eugenijus Nikolskis

Eugenijus Nikolskis in 1939
Personal information
Born 1917
Arkhangelsk, Russian Empire
Died Unknown
Height 5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m)
Weight 166 lb (75 kg)

Eugenijus Nikolskis (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 Lithuania 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.

Sources

Footnotes
  1. European Championships for Men, Lithuanian Basketball Research.
Bibliography
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