Mindaugas Timinskas

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Men's Basketball
Olympic medal record
Bronze	Sydney 2000	Team Competition

Mindaugas Timinskas (born March 28, 1974 in Šilutė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union (present Lithuania)) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team and Pamesa Valencia. He is 200 cm tall swingman and weighs 97 kg. Timinskas started his professional career by playing college basketball at NCAA representing Iona College (1993-97), then moved to Lithuania for the 1997-98 season, signed by his home town team Šilutė at the time playing in LKL.

Timinskas made his mark for TAU Cerámica of Spain during the Euroleague 2000-01 finals, when he had three double-digit scoring games, most notably 18 points in Game 4 to force the series to a fifth and final contest. His rim-rocking dunk in that game is still remembered as one of the highlights of the Euroleague's first season.

[edit] Career

1993 - 1997 - Iona College
1997 - 1998 - Šilutė, in October'97 switched to Strasbourg IG, in November'97 signed with Weissenfels(Germany)
1998 - 1999 - Carigo Gorizia (Italy)
1999 - 2000 - Žalgiris Kaunas
2000 - 2002 - TAU Cerámica
2002 - 2005 - Žalgiris Kaunas
2005 - 2007 Pamesa Valencia

[edit] Awards/Achievements

European Silver medalist - 1995
Olympic Bronze medalist - 2000
LKL champion - 2003, 2004, 2005
European Under-22 Championship in 1996 - Gold, also named the Tournament's MVP.

v • d • e 2000 Olympic Bronze Medalists Men's Basketball – Lithuania

Gintaras Einikis \| Saulius Štombergas \| Eurelijus Žukauskas \| Dainius Adomaitis \| Šarūnas Jasikevičius \| Kęstutis Marčiulionis \| Tomas Masiulis \| Darius Maskoliūnas \| Ramūnas Šiškauskas \| Darius Songaila \| Mindaugas Timinskas \| Andrius Giedraitis \| Coach: Jonas Kazlauskas