Waldemar Blatskauskas

Waldemar Blatskauskas

Personal information
Born	(1938-03-17)17 March 1938 São Paulo, Brazil
Died	6 March 1964(1964-03-06) (aged 25)
Listed height	6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)
Position	Small forward / power forward
Career history
0	Regatas Campinas
0	Tietê
0	São Carlos Clube
0	XV de Novembro de Piracicaba
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Brazil Summer Olympic Games 1960 Rome FIBA World Cup 1959 Santiago de Chile 1963 Rio de Janeiro Pan American Games 1959 Chicago 1963 São Paulo FIBA South American Championship 1958 Chile 1961 Brazil Summer Universiade 1963 Brazil

Waldemar Blatskauskas (17 March 1938 – 6 March 1964), also known simply as Waldemar, was a Brazilian professional basketball player.

During his pro career, Blatskauskas played with the Brazilian clubs Regatas Campinas, Tietê, São Carlos Clube, and XV de Novembro de Piracicaba.^{[citation needed]}

Blatskauskas was a member of the senior Brazilian national basketball team that won gold medals at the 1959 FIBA World Championship, and the 1963 FIBA World Championship. With Brazil, he also won a bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games.^[1] He also won the following medals: a bronze medal at the 1959 Pan American Games, a silver medal at the 1963 Pan American Games, gold medals at the 1958 FIBA South American Championship and the 1961 FIBA South American Championship, and a gold medal at the 1963 Summer Universiade.^{[citation needed]}

Blatskauskas died in Brazil, in a traffic accident, on 6 March 1964.^{[citation needed]}

• Waldemar Blatkauskas at FIBA
• Waldemar Blatkauskas at Olympics.com
• Waldemar Blatskauskas at Olympic.org (archived)
• Waldemar Blatskauskas at Olympedia
• FIBA Profile 1^{[dead link‍]}
• FIBA Profile 2^{[dead link‍]}
• FIBA Profile 3^{[dead link‍]}
• CBB Profile (in Portuguese)