Gantas Križanauskas
| No. 22 – Rytas Vilnius | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | Lithuanian Basketball League, Basketball Champions League | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | March 22, 2006 Vilnius, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2022–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2022–2023 | Rytas-MRU (RKL) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Rytas Vilnius | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | →BC Rytas-2 Vilnius (NKL) | ||||||||||||||
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Gantas Križanauskas (born March 22, 2006) is a Lithuanian basketball player for the Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and its reserve teams.
Professional career
In the 2022–2023 season Križanauskas played for the Rytas-MRU in the Regional Basketball League (third-tier Lithuanian league).[1]
Since 2023 Križanauskas partly played for the Rytas Vilnius and partly for its reserve team BC Rytas-2 Vilnius of the National Basketball League (second-tier Lithuanian league).[2][3] While playing for the primary Rytas Vilnius team Križanauskas debuted in the Lithuanian Basketball League, Basketball Champions League and became a top-tier Lithuanian league champion during the 2023–24 LKL season.[2][4]
National team career
Križanauskas played for the Lithuania men's national under-18 team in the 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket and was one of its key players (averaged 10 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 2 assists per game), however the Lithuania's national team was eliminated in the Quarterfinal by Germany 87–86.[5]
Križanauskas also played for the Lithuania men's national under-20 basketball team in the 2025 FIBA U20 EuroBasket and by averaging 5.4 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists per game helped the team to win silver medals.[5]
References
- ^ "Gantas Križanauskas". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ a b "„Ryte" debiutavęs 17-metis SKM auklėtinis Gantas Križanauskas – apie geriausias karjeros rungtynes ir profesionalų krepšinį". Moksleivių krepšinio lyga (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "Gantas Križanauskas". Lithuanian Basketball League. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ Abrutis, Mykolas. "Juodadarbis „Ryto" talentas – apie triumfą, Normanto kopijavimą bei sunkiausią oponentą LKL". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Gantas Križanauskas". FIBA. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.