Jurgita Štreimikytė Explained

Jurgita Štreimikytė
Birth Date:1972 5, df=y
Birth Place:Alytus, Lithuania
Nationality:Lithuanian
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:165
Draft Year:2000
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:26
Draft Team:Indiana Fever
Draft League:WNBA
Career Start:?
Career End:2010
Career Position:Small forward
Years1:?–1994
2003–2010
Team1:Kaunas
Years2:1994–1998
Team2:Valenciennes Olympic
Years3:1998–2003
Team3:Comense
Years4:2000–2001
Team4:Indiana Fever
Years5:2004
Team5:Sopron
Years6:2005
Team6:Indiana Fever
Years7:2009
Team7:Spartak Vidnoye
Highlights:

Jurgita Štreimikytė (born 14 May 1972 in Alytus, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian former basketball forward who played the WNBA for Indiana Fever[1] and the Euroleague Women with Kaunas, Valenciennes Olympic and SG Comense among others.[2] She was a member of the Lithuanian national team, winning the 1997 Eurobasket.[3] She retired from international basketball following the 2006 World Championship.[4]

After retiring in 2010, she currently serves as Kaunas' second coach.[5]

On 30 November 2022, she was inducted to the FIBA Hall of Fame in appreciation of her stunning career contributions.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/jurgita_streimikyte/index.html Profile
  2. http://www.fibaeurope.com/default.asp?cid={0FE489ED-253F-4450-A35E-989CAA4AEA4C}&inplayer=on&inteam=on&intext=on&search=streimikyte&x=0&y=0 Profile
  3. http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.gameID_1508-4-A-1.compID_pnlxO1HYJhUh,MTfrmUO03.season_1997.roundID_2295.html Report of the final
  4. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/13297/sid/3508/tid/2135/tid2//_/2006_World_Championship_for_Women/index.html Statistics in the 2006 WC
  5. http://www.vicibasket.lt/3703/komanda/jurgita-streimikyte-virbickiene.html Profile
  6. https://www.fiba.basketball/news/2022-class-of-fiba-hall-of-fame-jurgita-streimikyte-virbickiene 2022 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame: Jurgita Streimikyte-Virbickiene