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Donatas Motiejunas (September 20, 1990) is a Lithuanian basketball power forward and center, silver medalist of the European Championship (2013), Polish champion (2012), two-time champion of France (2023, 2024). The former Euroleague record holder for total rebounds in a single game (21) - a phenomenal achievement, set at the age of twenty-one. A product of the Arvydas Sabonis High School in Kaunas, he spent a significant part of his overseas career with the Houston club, playing 214 regular season games and scoring 1,583 points. He was repeatedly named the best player of the week in various European tournaments and was one of the most dominant foreign players in the Asian championship. Bronze medalist of the Euroleague (2023). Renowned center Hakeem Olajuwon gave his technique a standing ovation, and sports analysts called his play in the paint "a revival of classical basketball ballet." He was selected 20th overall in the North American Major League NBA draft. In 2013, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of Lithuania. He is one of the most prominent figures in modern Kaunas basketball.