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Wikitree Olympics Project

Contents 1 Olympics - Team Lithuania 1.1 Background 1.2 Olympians Representing Lithuania on Wikitree 1.3 Process 1.4 Stickers 1.5 1924 Paris Summer Olympics 1.5.1 Cycling Road 1.5.2 Football 1.6 1928 Amsterdam Summer Olympics 1.6.1 Athletics 1.6.2 Boxing 1.6.3 Cycling Road 1.6.4 Weightlifting 1.7 1928 St. Moritz, Switzerland Winter Olympics 1.7.1 Speed Skating 1.8 Lithuania sent a team to the following games 1.8.1 Summer Olympics 1.8.2 Winter Olympics 1.8.3 Summer Paralympics 1.8.4 Winter Paralympics 1.9 Sources

Olympics - Team Lithuania

Background

Prior to its annexation by the Soviet Union in 1940, Lithuania competed at the Olympic Games of 1924 and 1928. Lithuania also competed at the 1928 Olympic Winter Games.

From 1952 to 1988, many Lithuanians competed for the USSR. During this time the most successful Lithuanians were the basketballers Angelė Rupšienė (two gold in 1976 and 1980) and Modestas Paulauskas (one gold and one bronze in 1968 and 1972). Rimas Kurtinaitis, Šarūnas Marčiulionis, and Arvydas Sabonis all won gold with the Soviet basketball team in 1988 and added two bronze medals in 1992 and 1996 with the Lithuanian team. Also Lithuanian handballers competed successfully within the Soviet team, most notably Aldona Česaitytė-Nenėnienė (two gold in 1976 and 1980) and Voldemaras Novickis (one gold and one silver in 1980 and 1988). The cyclist Gintautas Umaras won two gold medals in 1988 and the cross-country skier Vida Vencienė won gold and bronze in 1988.

Lithuania competed at the 1928 Olympic Winter Games, represented by one speed skater, Kęstutis Bulota, who competed in all four men’s speed skating events. The next Winter Olympic appearance came after Lithuanian independence, when a team was sent to the 1992 Albertville Olympic Winter Games.

After the Soviet dissolution in 1991, Lithuania declared and was granted its independence. ^[1]

This is an ongoing project to ensure that all Olympians who represented Lithuania are on Wikitree.

• Connected to their family
• Connected to the Global Tree, if possible
• With profiles that have biographical, family, and sporting information
• Well sourced

Olympians Representing Lithuania on Wikitree

This category Olympians representing Lithuania shows all Olympians who have been identified and are now on Wikitree.

Note: Only Wikitree profiles with the category [[Category:Olympians Representing Lithuania]] will appear.

Process

1. Identify existing Wikitree profile or add new profile
2. Add specific categories

• [[Category:Olympians Representing Lithuania]]
• Category for the Olympic games in which they represented Lithuania. e.g. "[[Category: 1924 Olympic Summer Games]] "
• If they won medals - [[Category:Olympic Gold Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Silver Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Bronze Medalists]]

3. Add Olympic Movement Sticker and add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Lithuania in Road Cycling in the Paris Olympics of 1924.
4, Add biography, family, and sporting information
5. Connect to family and any spouse
6. If possible, connect to the Global Tree. This may require adding additional profiles.

Stickers

• Code for the Olympic Movement sticker
  
• {{Occupation |image=Olympic_Movement.png |text=Add text.}}
• Add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Lithuania in Road Cycling in the Paris Olympics of 1924.

Note: The sticker does not display the name in preview mode . "..." will appear. The name will show once the profile is saved.