Kazys Petkevičius

{{Short description|Lithuanian basketball player}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Kazys Petkevičius

| image = Kazys Petkevičius.JPG

| birth_date = 1 January 1926

| birth_place = Steigviliai, Lithuania

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|10|14|1926|1|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Kaunas, Lithuania

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1952 Helsinki | Team}}

{{MedalSilver| 1956 Melbourne | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1947 Czechoslovakia | Team}}

{{MedalGold| 1953 USSR | Team}}

{{MedalBronze| 1955 Hungary | Team}}

}}

Kazys Petkevičius (1 January 1926 – 14 October 2008){{cite web |url=http://www.eurobasket.lt/lt/naujienos/36894/1 |title=Mirė legendinis Kauno "Žalgirio" žaidėjas ir treneris K.Petkevičius |trans-title=The legendary player of Kaunas "Žalgiris" and trainer K.Petkevičius died |website=EuroBasket.lt |language=lt |date=October 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019033628/http://www.eurobasket.lt/lt/naujienos/36894/1 |archive-date=October 19, 2008 |quote=Kazys Petkevičius}} was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/kazys-petkevicius-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203192151/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/kazys-petkevicius-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 3, 2016 |title=Kazys Petkevičius |access-date=June 15, 2018}} He played for Žalgiris in Kaunas and later for Spartak Leningrad in Leningrad.{{cite book |title=All about Olympic Games |author=Boris Khavin |publisher=Fizkultura i sport |edition=2nd |pages=307 |year=1979 |location=Moscow |language=Russian}}

Petkevičius graduated from the State Institute of Physical Education (now Lithuanian Sports University) in 1949 and continued his post-graduate studies in Leningrad.{{cite web |url=http://www.kaunodiena.lt/lt/?id=6&aid=34307 |title=Apdovanotuosius Santakos garbės ženklais sveikinsime Vasario 16-ąją |trans-title=We will congratulate the winners of Santai Honor on February 16 |website=KaunoDiena.lt |language=lt |date=January 14, 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927031008/http://www.kaunodiena.lt/lt/?id=6&aid=34307 |archivedate=September 27, 2007}}

Until the end of his life he worked as an assistant coach for the Lithuanian basketball club Žalgiris-Arvydas Sabonis school.