Martynas Andriukaitis | |
Nationality: | Lithuanian |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 8 |
Weight Lbs: | 233 |
Birth Date: | 28 March 1981 |
Birth Place: | Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
Death Place: | Riga, Latvia |
Career Start: | 2001 |
Career End: | 2013 |
Career Position: | Power forward |
Years1: | 2001–2002 |
Team1: | Žalgiris |
Years2: | 2002–2003 |
Team2: | Alita |
Years3: | 2003–2004 |
Team3: | Šiauliai |
Years4: | 2004–2005 |
Team4: | JA Vichy |
Years5: | 2005–2006 |
Team5: | Debreceni Vadkakasok |
Years6: | 2006–2007 |
Team6: | ASK Rīga |
Years7: | 2007–2008 |
Team7: | Cherkaski Mavpy |
Years8: | 2008–2009 |
Team8: | Donetsk |
Years9: | 2009–2010 |
Team9: | Dnipro |
Years10: | 2010–2011 |
Team10: | Politekhnika-Halychyna |
Years11: | 2011 |
Team11: | APOEL |
Years12: | 2011–2012 |
Team12: | Liepājas Lauvas |
Years13: | 2012–2013 |
Team13: | Lietkabelis |
Years14: | 2013 |
Team14: | Olimpi Tbilisi |
Martynas Andriukaitis (March 28, 1981 – September 4, 2014) was a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was born in Kaunas.
During his pro club career, Andriukaitis won the Lithuanian League championship (2001), and the Latvian League championship (2007). He was also a league runner-up in the North European League, in 2001. He played at the Lithuanian All-Star Game in 2002 and 2003, and at the Ukrainian League's All-Star Game, and the FIBA EuroChallenge All-Star Day, in 2008.
Andriukaitis was named the MVP of the 2005 FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup, while he was a member of the senior Lithuanian national basketball team.
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2000–01| style="text-align:left;"| Zalgiris| 4 || 1 || 19.0 || .625 || .000 || .917 || 4.0 || .3 || .3 || .5 || 10.3 || 12.0
On September 4, 2014, late in the evening, Andriukaitis shot his wife Renata, in his home near Riga, and shot himself, but he was only severely wounded. Their 14-year-old son witnessed what happened and called the police and paramedics. Andriukaitis was taken to hospital, but died there later that night.[1]