Sport
Lithuanians practice over 100 branches of sport. Basketball is the most popular sport, followed by football and track-and-field athletics. Apart from these, Lithuanians are also interested in car-racing and boxing and enjoy watching figure skating, sport dancing, cycling, and contests between promising Lithuanian tennis-players and competitors from other countries.
EuroBasket 2011
We are very happy to host the 37th European Men’s Basketball Championship on 3–18 September 2011. This is a huge achievement and recognition for us, the country of basketball. By the way, this will be the second time when Lithuania will host the European Basketball Championship: the first time was in 1939.
Lithuania in the Olympic games
For the first time Lithuania participated in the Olympic Games in 1924 in Paris. At that time it was represented by the football team and two cyclists. Boxer Danas Pozniakas was the first Lithuanian sportsman, Olympic Champion, who won the gold medal at the Mexico Olympic Games in 1968. The history of the participation of Lithuania‘s sportsmen in the Olympic Games records four sportsmen who became Olympic Champions twice.
