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{{Infobox sportsperson
|image=Stanislovas Stonkus.jpg
|birth_date=December 29, 1931
|birth_place=[[Telšiai]], [[Lithuania]]
|death_date={{death date and age|2012|2|19|1931|12|29}}
|death_place=[[Kaunas]], Lithuania
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport|Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{URS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]] | [[Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics|USSR]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]] | [[Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics|USSR]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[EuroBasket|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Eurobasket 1955|1955 Hungary]] | [[USSR national basketball team|USSR]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[EuroBasket 1957|1957 Bulgaria]] | USSR}}
}}

'''Stanislovas "Stasys" Stonkus''' (29 December 1931 &ndash; 19 February 2012<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sportas.info/naujienos/9900-uzgeso_krepsinio_legenda.html|title=Užgęso krepšinio legenda|last=Butautas|first=Ingvaras |date=2012-03-19|publisher=www.sportas.info|language=Lithuanian|access-date=11 April 2012}}</ref>) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[Lithuania]]n [[basketball]] player who competed for the Soviet Union in the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] and in the [[1956 Summer Olympics]]. He was born in [[Telšiai]]. In 1954, he graduated from the Lithuanian National Physical Education Institute.<ref name="gateway">[http://www.unofficialwebsiteoflithuania.com/#/about_the_project/1201 Unofficial gateway to Lithuania] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315032144/http://www.unofficialwebsiteoflithuania.com/ |date=2010-03-15 }}</ref> He trained at [[Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR|VSS]] [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris]] in [[Kaunas]].<ref name="Khavin">{{cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=[[Fizkultura i sport (publisher)|Fizkultura i sport]]|edition = 2nd|pages=307|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian}}</ref>

He was a member of the [[Soviet Union national basketball team|Soviet team]], which won the silver medal.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/stasys-stonkus-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000426/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/stasys-stonkus-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Stanislovas Stonkus |access-date=15 June 2018}}</ref> He played one match. Four years later he won his second silver medal as part of the Soviet team. He defended his doctoral dissertation at [[Tartu University]] in 1974, and his Dr Habil. before the Joint Council in Moscow. After serving as rector of the Physical Education Institute (1978–1990), he was also vice-president of the Lithuanian Olympic Committee for four years (1992–1996). Stonkus has compiled a dictionary of sports terms in Lithuanian and has written several studies on sport.<ref name="gateway"/>

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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929150744/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=STONKSTA01 Stanislovas Stonkus at databaseOlympics.com]

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[[Category:1931 births]]
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[[Category:Soviet men's basketball players]]
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[[Category:Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union]]
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[[Category:FIBA EuroBasket–winning players]]
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[[Category:University of Tartu alumni]]
[[Category:Lithuanian Sports University alumni]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics]]
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