Vytautas Kulakauskas
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| Born | August 25, 1920 Kuršėnai, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
| Died | December 22, 2000 (aged 80) Vilnius, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
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Vytautas Kulakauskas (August 25, 1920, in Kuršėnai – December 22, 2000, in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian basketball player, coach, and educator, who competed for the Soviet Union in the EuroBasket 1947 and won a gold medal.[1]
In 1940, Kulakauskas graduated Kaunas Military School. In 1944–1945, he studied at Vytautas Magnus University's Faculty of Medicine. In 1948, he graduated Lithuanian Sports University.
In 1945–1950, he taught at Lithuanian Sports University. In 1950–1960, he was Head of the Department of Physical Education at Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, in 1957–1960 he was even the Dean of the Faculty of Music. In 1961–1980, he became a teacher at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, and from 1964 the Head of the Department of Physical Education. In 1968, he became associate professor.
He also published the book Krepšininko treniruote (English: The basketball player workout), where he included many epitomes regarding training.
