Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Since 1956, Lithuania honors their greatest athlete of the year

Athlete of the Year

Athlete of the Year is an award given by various sports organizations for the athlete whom they have determined to be deserving of such recognition....

. The award's trophy, a bronze archer, has been given to the following recipients:

Year	Winner	Sport	Gender
1956	Algirdas Šocikas Algirdas Šocikas Algirdas Šocikas a retired Soviet Lithuanian boxer.He won twice in the European Amateur Boxing Championships in the Heavyweight division at Warsaw 1953 and West Berlin 1955...	Boxing Boxing Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...	M
1957	Jonas Pipynė Jonas Pipynė Jonas Pipynė was Lithuanian track and field runner and skier.In 1957 he won Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year title. In 1954 Pipynė won gold medal in national cross country skiing championships. Sixteen times he won gold medals in Lithuanian Athletics Championships...	Track and field Track and field Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...	M
1958	Birutė Kalėdienė Birute Kalediene Birutė Kalėdienė is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Javelin.Kaledienė trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas, Lithuania. She competed for the USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the Javelin where she won the bronze medal.-References:*...	Track and field	W
1959	Adolfas Varanauskas	Track and field	M
1960	Antanas Bagdonavičius Antanas Bagdonavicius Antanas Bagdonavičius is a Lithuanian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.... , Zigmas Jukna Zigmas Jukna Zigmas Jukna was a Lithuanian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics....	Rowing	M
1961	Antanas Bagdonavičius Antanas Bagdonavicius Antanas Bagdonavičius is a Lithuanian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.... , Zigmas Jukna Zigmas Jukna Zigmas Jukna was a Lithuanian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics....	Rowing	M
1962	Antanas Vaupšas	Track and field	M
1963	Adolfas Varanauskas	Track and field	M
1964	Ričardas Tamulis Ricardas Tamulis Ričardas Tamulis was a boxer from the Soviet Union.He competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the welterweight event where he finished in second place....	Boxing	M
1965	Modestas Paulauskas Modestas Paulauskas Modestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...	Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...	M
1966	Modestas Paulauskas	Baksteball	M
1967	Modestas Paulauskas	Basketball	M
1968	Danas Pozniakas Danas Pozniakas Danas Pozniakas was a Lithuanian boxer who competed for the Soviet Union.He was born near Białystok and died in Vilnius.In 1968 he won the Olympic gold medal in the light heavyweight class....	Boxing	M
1969	Modestas Paulauskas	Basketball	M
1970	Modestas Paulauskas	Basketball	M
1971	Modestas Paulauskas	Basketball	M
1972	Modestas Paulauskas	Basketball	M
1973	Vladas Česiūnas Vladas Cesiunas Vladislovas "Vladas" Česiūnas is a Soviet-born Lithuanian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He won one Olympic medal and six ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medals during his career...	Canoeing Canoeing Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....	M
1974	Vladas Česiūnas	Canoeing	M
1975	Česlovas Jazerskis	Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...	M
1976	Angelė Rupšienė Angelė Rupšienė Angelė Rupšienė is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player, who played for BC Žalgiris Vilnius...	Basketball	W
1977	Vilhelmina Bardauskienė	Track and field	W
1978	Vilhelmina Bardauskienė	Track and field	W
1979	Lina Kačiušytė Lina Kaciušyte Lina Kačiušytė is a Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union, winner of a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke with the Olympic record time of 2:29:54 at the 1980 Summer Olympics.-Biography:...	Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...	W
1980	Lina Kačiušytė	Swimming	W
1981	Robertas Žulpa Robertas Žulpa Robertas Žulpa is a former Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the USSR.Žulpa trained at VSS Žalgiris in Vilnius, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1980...	Swimming	M
1982	Vladas Turla	Shooting Shooting Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...	M
1983	Ana Ambrazienė Ana Ambraziene Anna Ambrazienė is a retired hurdler from Lithuania, who represented the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. She was born in Vilnius. She set her personal best in the women's 400 m hurdles on June 11, 1983 at a meet in Moscow. That mark was the standing world record for over a year.-References:...	Track and field	W
1984	Arvydas Sabonis Arvydas Sabonis Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and a businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr...	Baksteball	M
1985	Arvydas Sabonis	Baksteball	M
1986	Arvydas Sabonis	Baksteball	M
1987	Šarūnas Marčiulionis Šarunas Marciulionis Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the North American National Basketball Association...	Baksteball	M
1988	Gintautas Umaras Gintautas Umaras Gintautas Umaras is a retired track and road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who represented the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's 4 km individual pursuit and in the men's team pursuit, alongside Vyacheslav Ekimov, Dmitry Nelyubin...	Cycling Cycling Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...	M
1989	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	Baksteball	M
1990	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	Baksteball	M
1991	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	Baksteball	M
1992	Romas Ubartas Romas Ubartas Romas Ubartas is a retired male discus thrower from Lithuania who won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the USSR and a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Lithuania. His personal best was 70.06m. He also became European champion, in 1986. In the Soviet time he trained at Dynamo...	Track and field	M
1993	Vitalijus Karpačiauskas	Boxing	M
1994	Raimundas Mažuolis Raimundas Mažuolis Raimundas Mažuolis is a former freestyle swimmer from Lithuania.He competed in the 100 metre freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, finishing second in the B final in a time of 50.13 seconds...	Swimming	M
1995	Remigijus Lupeikis	Cycling	M
1996	Arvydas Sabonis Arvydas Sabonis Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and a businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr...	Basketball	M
1997	Raimondas Šiugždinis	Sailing Sailing Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...	M
1998	Diana Žiliūtė Diana Žiliute Diana Žiliūtė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated the sport in the late 1990s, and continues to be a formidable force in road cycling to this day....	Cycling	W
1999	Edita Pučinskaitė Edita Pucinskaite Edita Pučinskaitė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist. For many years, she has been one of the top competitors in women's racing on the international level with a victory in the World Road Race Championships in 1999 and several very high finishes in major tours, World Championship competition and on...	Cycling	W
2000	Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...	Track and field	M
2001	Rasa Polikevičiūtė Rasa Polikeviciute Rasa Polikevičiūtė is a Lithuanian cycle racer. She was one of the first in a long line of Lithuanian cyclists who, together, established Lithuania as one of the powerhouses of women's cycle racing in the 1990s and beyond...	Cycling	W
2002	Raimondas Rumšas Raimondas Rumšas -External links:...	Cycling	M
2003	Šarūnas Jasikevičius Šarunas Jasikevicius Šarūnas Jasikevičius is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for Panathinaikos BC. He is a member of the Lithuanian national team, and plays the point guard position.-Early years:...	Basketball	M
2004	Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...	Track and field	M
2005	Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...	Track and field	M
2006	Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...	Track and field	M
2007	Ramūnas Šiškauskas Ramunas Šiškauskas Ramūnas Šiškauskas in height and he weighs 220 lbs. . He is currently with CSKA Moscow.-Player profile:Šiškauskas is a physical forward who can easily play, both on offense and defense, at the guard positions, on the wing, and also in the paint...	Basketball	M
2008	Edvinas Krungolcas Edvinas Krungolcas Edvinas Krungolcas is a Lithuanian modern pentathlete who won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.-References:* . ESPN....	Modern Pentathlon Modern pentathlon The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run...	M
2009	Simona Krupeckaitė Simona Krupeckaite Simona Krupeckaitė is a Lithuanian professional track cyclist. She is the 2009 500 m Time Trial World Champion and World Record holder at 33.296s, and the 2010 Keirin World Champion. She also won the 2009 Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year award. In 2010 Krupeckaitė reached one more world record...	Track cyclist	W
2010	Simona Krupeckaitė Simona Krupeckaite Simona Krupeckaitė is a Lithuanian professional track cyclist. She is the 2009 500 m Time Trial World Champion and World Record holder at 33.296s, and the 2010 Keirin World Champion. She also won the 2009 Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year award. In 2010 Krupeckaitė reached one more world record...	Track cyclist	W

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2008 Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year

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