{"id":992,"date":"2014-06-17T15:38:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T13:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/liepaja-2014\/?p=992"},"modified":"2014-06-17T16:17:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T14:17:09","slug":"olympic-and-eurobasket-medalists-to-play-in-liepaja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esba-basket.com\/liepaja-2014\/2014\/06\/17\/olympic-and-eurobasket-medalists-to-play-in-liepaja\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic and EuroBasket medalists to play in Liepaja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Don\u2019t be surprised if you happen to see a familiar face or two walking down the streets of Liepaja in the <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>ESBA Promo Championship<\/strong><\/span>. Among the participants, there will be plenty of well-known basketball personalities, including Olympic and EuroBasket medalists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Standing out from the rest is the M45+ age category, with the three-time Olympic bronze medal winner and EuroBasket 1995 runner-up <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Gintaras Einikis<\/strong><\/span> headlining the list. The titled center, who has enjoyed a long and successful career, will represent <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Project 44<\/strong><\/span> from Moscow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the same age category, 1992 Olympic bronze medalist <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Romanas Brazdauskis<\/strong><\/span> and 1996 Olympic bronze medal winner <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Darius Lukminas<\/strong><\/span>, who also won silver in EuroBasket 1995 will team up under the name of <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Patvanka<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The well-respected former referee and FIBA Golden Whistle recipient <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Romualdas Brazauskas<\/strong><\/span>, who has refereed in four Olympic Games, four World Championships and five EuroBaskets will play for <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Perlas<\/strong> <\/span>in the M50+ age group alongside the likes of <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Virginijus Jankauskas<\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Arunas Grigas<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Arriving to Latvia from Saint Petersburg, <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Raviollo<\/strong><\/span> from the M50+ age category will feature <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Aleksei Ugriumov<\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Andrei Bondarenko<\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Vladmir Kuleshov<\/strong><\/span>. Meanwhile, playing at the M55+ age category, the trio <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Vytenis Urba<\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Rolandas Penikas<\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Arunas Sarka<\/strong><\/span> will make up the core of the <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Salilta<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Even more stars are going to appear in the ESBA Promo Championship in the <a href=\"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/liepaja-2014\/2014\/05\/23\/former-lithuanian-stars-set-to-shine-again-in-liepaja\/\" target=\"_blank\">exhibition game featuring a team of former Lithuanian stars<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t be surprised if you happen to see a familiar face or two walking down the streets of Liepaja in the ESBA Promo Championship. 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