Victorio Cieslinskas
Uruguayan basketball player (1922–2007)
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Victor Cieslinskas Zinevicaite (October 27, 1922 – June 19, 2007) was a Uruguayan basketball player of Lithuanian descent.[1][2] He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[3][2]
BornOctober 27, 1922
Marijampolė, Lithuania
DiedJune 19, 2007 (aged 84)
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Cieslinskas was part of the Uruguayan men's basketball team, which finished fifth in the 1948 tournament.[2][4]
Four years later in 1952 Cieslinskas was a member of the Uruguayan team, which won the Olympic bronze medal.[2][4] He played all eight matches.
He also played for the Uruguayan Lithuanian basketball team Vytis in Montevideo.[2]
He died in 2007, and is buried at Cementerio del Norte, Montevideo.[5]
