Rimas Kurtinaitis

Rimas Kurtinaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach

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Born: May 15, 1960
Age in 2026: 66
Zodiac sign: Taurus
Birth year: 1960

About Rimas Kurtinaitis

Rimas Kurtinaitis is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Lithuania men's national team and Sabah of the Azerbaijan Basketball League (ABL). As a player, he was a member of the senior Soviet Union and Lithuania national teams, and won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. During his playing career, at a height of 1.96 m tall, he played at the shooting guard position. He is the only non-NBA player to ever participate at the NBA All-Star Weekend's Three-Point Contest, doing so in 1989, where he scored 9 points. Kurtinaitis was also the first European player to play as an import, in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL), while playing for the Townsville Suns, in the 1993 NBL season. During his professional club career, Kurtinaitis won a total of five USSR Premier League championships, in the years 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, and 1987. Kurtinaitis won the championship of the 1986 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

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Rimas Kurtinaitis timeline

1982During his professional club career, Kurtinaitis won a total of five USSR Premier League championships, in the years 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, and 1987.
1986Kurtinaitis won the championship of the 1986 edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
1988As a player, he was a member of the senior Soviet Union and Lithuania national teams, and won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
1993Kurtinaitis was also the first European player to play as an import, in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL), while playing for the Townsville Suns, in the 1993 NBL season.

The world when Rimas Kurtinaitis was born

Rimas Kurtinaitis was born in 1960. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1960

#1 song"The Twist" – Chubby Checker
Top movieThe Apartment
Top TV showGunsmoke
Best-selling bookTo Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentCassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) wins Olympic gold in boxing
Top headlineJFK elected as youngest US president
Technology milestoneFirst working laser demonstrated
Defining fadThe Twist dance craze
Notable inventionLaser
World population3.03 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
Sports championPittsburgh Pirates (World Series)
Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
U.S. population180.7M

1960 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Rimas Kurtinaitis's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1960	2026
Gas	$0.31	$3.45/gal
Average home	$12,700	$435,000
Average income	$7,400	$67,500
Minimum wage	$1.00	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.69	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.04	$0.73
Population	180.7M	341 million

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