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kaunas , lithuania 19 february 2012 telšiai , lithuania men 's basketball december 29 , 1931 stanislovas stonkus.jpg stanislovas stonkus

stanislovas stonkus

stanislovas `` stasys '' stonkus -lrb- 29 december 1931 -- 19 february 2012 -rrb- was a soviet and lithuanian basketball player who competed for the soviet union in the 1952 summer olympics and in the 1956 summer olympics .
he was born in telšiai .
in 1954 , he graduated from the lithuanian national physical education institute .
he trained at vss Žalgiris in kaunas .
he was a member of the soviet team , which won the silver medal .
he played one match .
four years later he won his second silver medal as part of the soviet team .
he defended his doctoral dissertation at tartu university in 1974 , and his dr habil .
before the joint council in moscow .
after serving as rector of the physical education institute -lrb- 1978 -- 1990 -rrb- , he was also vice-president of the lithuanian olympic committee for four years -lrb- 1992 -- 1996 -rrb- .
stonkus has compiled a dictionary of sports terms in lithuanian and has written several studies on sport .
