Leonas Petrauskas
Lithuanian basketball player (1919–1994)
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Leonas Eugenijus Petrauskas [1] (1919 – 18 July 1994[2][3][4]) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939.[5]
Leonas Petrauskas in 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | March 17, 1919 Kaunas, Lithuania | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 18, 1994 (aged 74–75) Engadine, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Petrauskas was born in Kaunas, Lithuania on March 17, 1919.[6] Until 1943 he played for a basketball team of the Lithuanian Physical Education Union (LFLS).[6] In 1936, he won the Lithuanian basketball title.[6] In 1937–1939, he represented the Lithuania men's national basketball team, played in three games, scored three points, and won two European titles during the EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939.[6]
Facing the upcoming Soviet re-occupation of Lithuania, Petrauskas departed to the West in 1944.[6] In 1949, he arrived in Australia.[6] In Australia he graduated the Institute of Tropical Diseases and Hygiene of the University of Sydney.[6]
Petrauskas worked as a Doctor at the Engadine Medical Group, 1107 Old Prince's Highway (corner of Boronia Avenue), Engadine, NSW, Australia. Engadine Medical Group also had a smaller practice at Heathcote, NSW, Australia.
For more than ten years Petrauskas also lived in New Guinea.[6]
