Gintarė Petronytė

Gintarė Petronytė (born 19 March 1989) is a Lithuanian retired professional female basketball player. As a member of the senior Lithuanian women's national team, she played 158 games, scored 1844 points and participated in 2006 FIBA World Championship and 2015 EuroBasket. She is recognized as one of the best Lithuanian female basketball players of all time.

Gintarė Petronytė

Petronytė with Galatasaray jersey
Personal information
Born	(1989-03-19) 19 March 1989 (age 36) Kaunas,[1] Lithuania, USSR
Nationality	Lithuanian
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Career information
Playing career	2005–2024
Position	Center
Career history
2004–2005	Lietuvos telekomas Vilnius
2005–2006	Lintel 118
2006–2009	TEO Vilnius
2009–2010	Sony Athinaikos Athens
2010–2011	Galatasaray Medical Park
2011	CCC Polkowice
2011–2012	Kibirkštis-Tichė-IKI Vilnius
2012–2013	GoldBet Taranto
2013–2014	Homend Antakya
2014–2015	Wisła Kraków
2015–2016	Cases Mapei Napoli
2016–2017	Mersin BŞB
2017	Homenetmen Beirut
2017–2018	Galatasaray
2018–2019	Mersin BŞB
2019–2022	Reyer Venezia
2022–2023	Kibirkštis Vilnius
2023–2024	Kayseri
Career highlights
2× EuroCup champion (2010, 2018) FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year Award (2008) 5× LMKL champion (2007–2009, 2012, 2023) A1 Ethniki champion (2010) Greek Cup winner (2010) Turkish Cup winner (2011) BLK champion (2015) WLBL champion (2017) LBF champion (2021)

Career

On 21 July 2010, Galatasaray Medical Park announced that Petronyte had joined the team on a two-year contract.^[2]

On 21 March 2024, Petronyte retired from playing professional basketball.^[3]

Honours

• 2× EuroCup champion (2010, 2018)
• FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year Award (2008)
• 5× LMKL champion (2007–2009, 2012, 2023)
• A1 Ethniki champion (2010)
• Greek Cup winner (2010)
• Turkish Cup winner (2011)
• BLK champion (2015)
• WLBL champion (2017)
• LBF champion (2021)