Zenonas Puzinauskas

Zenonas Puzinauskas (March 4, 1920 – July 16, 1995 ) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939.

Biography

Puzinauskas was born in the village of Kulva, Jonava County, Lithuania. He graduated from Kaunas Jėzuitai Gymnasium and from Vytautas Magnus University (philosophy and physical education degree). Later he worked for the Red Cross. He was also active in Lithuanian emigrants activities. His wife was Ona Puzinauskas (1922–2021), and they had one daughter, Dalia K Puzinauskas (Wendt). In 1987, he moved to Beverly Shores, Indiana, where he died in 1995.

State awards 1st degree Medal of the Order of Vytautas the Great (1937)