Often considered as one of the best Lithuanian and European point guard players Jasikevičius was a two-time All-EuroLeague First Team selection, the EuroLeague Final Four MVP in 2005 and a four-time triple crown winner. Moreover, he is the only player in EuroLeague history to win the competition with three different clubs. A former representative of the Lithuanian national team, he won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 2003, earning an All-EuroBasket Team selection and MVP honors in the process. He also won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the bronze medal at the EuroBasket 2007.\n', '

On February 9, 2015, Jasikevičius was named a EuroLeague Basketball Legend, as a reward for his stunning playing career, and was honored with a ceremony on February 12, 2015.\n', '

Šarūnas\'s mother Rita is a famous Lithuanian handball player, who won a silver medal with the Soviet Union women\'s national handball team during the 1975 World Women\'s Handball Championship. Following the success in the world championship, Rita was preparing for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. According to Rita: "Everything was calculated, planned: Olympic Games, then - the increase of family, one year break and then back to sports again. But everything happened differently" and she had to choose between her son and the Olympic Games. She decided to give birth to a child and give up the Olympic dream. Later on, the Soviet squad went on to win the Olympic gold medals in the Montreal Olympics and the national team\'s head coach shut the door for Rita Jasikevičienė to return into the national team in the future. However, Šarūnas\'s mother never regretted her decision. Šarūnas remembers that his mother constantly said: "My son will give me back the Olympics".\n', '

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