Donatas Tarolis (born March 30, 1994) is a Lithuanian professional
basketball
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player for
CSM Oradea of the Romanian
Liga Națională. Standing at , he plays as a
power forward
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. Tarolis is a native of
Gargždai.
Professional career
Tarolis started his career in his hometown club BC Gargždai-Bremena, which played in the Lithuanian second-tier
National Basketball League (NKL). For the 2013–2014 season, he moved to
Žalgiris-2 Kaunas, the reserve team of
Žalgiris Kaunas. After averaging 16.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, Tarolis received the
NKL Most Valuable Player
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award. In the following year, he joined the senior Žalgiris Kaunas squad. In 18
Lithuanian Basketball League games, he averaged 4.2 points and 2.3 rebounds.
On 9 October 2015, Tarolis signed with
Traiskirchen Lions of the
Austrian Basketball Superliga.
On 8 September 2016, Tarolis signed a three-year contract with
Lietkabelis Panevėžys of
Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).
On 9 August 2019, Tarolis signed with
U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Romanian
Liga Națională. He averaged 12.4 points per game during the 2019-20 season with Cluj. On July 2, 2020, he re-signed with the team.
On 3 August 2021, Tarolis signed with
Afyon Belediye of the Turkish
Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Tarolis averaged 10.4 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game.
On 8 December 2021, Tarolis signed with
Budućnost VOLI of the
Adriatic League and the
EuroCup.
On 30 July 2022, Tarolis signed with
CSM Oradea of the
Liga Națională.
National team career
Tarolis won gold medal with the Lithuanian team during the
2017 Summer Universiade after defeating the
United States
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' team 74–85 in the final.
References
External links
Donatas Tarolisat realgm.com
Donatas Tarolisat lkl.lt
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1994 births
Living people
Afyon Belediye S.K. players
BC Lietkabelis players
BC Žalgiris players
BC Žalgiris-2 players
CSM Oradea (basketball) players
KK Budućnost players
Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Austria
Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Romania
Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
Lithuanian men's basketball players
21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Power forwards
Traiskirchen Lions players
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Lithuania
U-BT Cluj-Napoca players
Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
People from Gargždai
Basketball players from Klaipėda County