Lukas Wank

{{Short description|German basketball player (born 1997)}}

{{Expand German|topic=bio|Lukas Wank|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Lukas Wank

| image = 2023-01-03 ALBA Berlin gegen Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt (Basketball-Bundesliga 2022-23) by Sandro Halank–015.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Wank with Skyliners Frankfurt in January 2023

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|1|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Altenburg, Germany

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 200

| position = Small forward

| league = Bundesliga

| team = Würzburg Baskets

| number = 22

| draft_league =

| draft_year =

| career_start = 2014

| career_end =

| years1 = 2014–2016

| team1 = Science City Jena

| years2 = 2016–2017

| team2 = s.Oliver Würzburg

| years3 = 2016–2017

| team3 = → TG Würzburg

| years4 = 2017–2018

| team4 = RheinStars Köln

| years5 = 2018–2019

| team5 = Niners Chemnitz

| years6 = 2019–2021

| team6 = Löwen Braunschweig

| years7 = 2021–2023

| team7 = Skyliners Frankfurt

| years8 = 2023–2024

| team8 = Baskets Oldenburg

| years9 = 2024–present

| team9 = Würzburg Baskets

| medaltemplates =

}}

Lukas Nathanael Christian Wank (born 19 January 1997) is a German basketball player for Würzburg Baskets of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).

Professional career

Having played his entire professional career in his native Germany, Lukas Wank started in 2014 with Science City Jena.

On July 5, 2016, he signed with s.Oliver Würzburg of the Basketball Bundesliga.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mainpost.de/sport/wuerzburg/nachwuchstalent-lukas-wank-kommt-zu-den-s-oliver-baskets-art-9278995|title=Nachwuchstalent Lukas Wank kommt zu den s.Oliver Baskets|last=|first=|date=July 5, 2016|website=mainpost.de|publisher=|language=de|access-date=August 3, 2021}}

On October 8, 2017, he signed with RheinStars Köln of the ProA.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rheinstars-koeln.de/blog/2017/10/08/u20-nationalspieler-wank-jetzt-ein-rheinstar/|title=U20-Nationalspieler Wank Jetzt Ein Rheinstar|last=|first=|date=October 8, 2017|website=rheinstars-koeln.de|publisher=|language=de|access-date=August 3, 2021}}

On May 29, 2018, he signed with Niners Chemnitz of the ProA.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wochenendspiegel.de/niners-daniel-mixich-geht-lukas-wank-kommt/|title=Niners: Daniel Mixich Geht, Lukas Wank Kommt|last=|first=|date=May 29, 2018|website=wochenendspiegel.de|publisher=|language=de|access-date=August 3, 2021}}

On June 24, 2019, he signed with Löwen Braunschweig of the Basketball Bundesliga.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.de/bbl/loewen-braunschweig-verpflichten-a2-nationalspieler-lukas-wank/|title=Braunschweig verpflichtet A2-Nationalspieler Wank|last=|first=|date=June 24, 2019|website=basketball.de|publisher=|language=de|access-date=August 3, 2021}}

On July 6, 2021, he signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fraport-skyliners.de/news-service/details/fraport-skyliners-verpflichten-deutsches-allroundtalent-lukas-wank/|title=Fraport Skyliners Verpflichten Deutsches Allroundtalent Lukas Wank|last=|first=|date=July 6, 2021|website=fraport-skyliners.de|publisher=|language=de|access-date=August 3, 2021}}

On June 18, 2024, he signed with Würzburg Baskets of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).{{Cite web|url=https://www.wuerzburg-baskets.de/news/newsdetails/rueckkehrer-lukas-wank-ist-der-zweite-deutsche-neuzugang-1|title=Rückkehrer Lukas Wank Ist Der Zweite Deutsche Neuzugang|last=|first=|date=June 18, 2024|website=wuerzburg-baskets.de|publisher=|language=de|access-date=October 1, 2024}}

National team career

At the U18 European Championships in 2015, Wank reached the quarter-finals with the German national team. In May 2017 he was called up to the U20 -national team. At the U20 European Championships in the summer of 2017, he came seventh overall with the German team and scored an average of 3.1 Points per match. In 2019 he was called up to the A2 national team and with this in July 2019 he took part in the Summer Universiade in Naples in fifth place. In February 2020 he was in the extended squad of the senior national team for the first time. Wank played his first senior international match in June 2021 against the Czech Republic. The following month he contributed to the German team's qualification for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, and played in two games when the Olympics finally took place in 2021. Wank was used in two games in the Men's tournament at the Olympics.{{cite web | url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/basketball/athlete-profile-n1878369-wank-lukas-nathanael-c-.htm | title=Lukas Wank| publisher=Olympics | accessdate=23 July 2021}}{{cite web | url=https://www.fiba.basketball/oqt/croatia/2020/player/Lukas-Nathanael-C--Wank | title=Lukas Nathanael C. WANK | publisher=FIBA | accessdate=24 July 2021}}{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-bund.de/spieler/lukas-wank | title=Lukas Wank | publisher=Basketball-bund | work=German | accessdate=24 July 2021}}

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