Augustas Pečiukevičius (born 2 December 1991) is a

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

n professional basketball player for Kangoeroes Mechelen of the

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. He plays the

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and

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positions.

Professional career

On 19 August 2021 Pečiukevičius signed with Básquet Coruña.

International career

Pečiukevičius represented the Lithuanian youth squads twice. He won bronze medal with the U-16 National Team in 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and silver medal with the U-18 National Team in

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References

1991 births Living people Basketball players from Vilnius Brussels Basketball players CB Miraflores players FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Lithuania Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen players KK Pärnu players Korvpalli Meistriliiga players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Estonia Lithuanian men's basketball players 21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Point guards Shooting guards Summer World University Games medalists in basketball University of Tartu basketball team players {{Lithuania-basketball-bio-stub