Editing Lithuania (section)

===Sports===
{{Main|Sport in Lithuania}}
[[Basketball]] is the most popular and [[national sport]] of Lithuania. The [[Lithuania men's national basketball team|Lithuania national basketball team]] has won the [[EuroBasket]] on three occasions ([[Eurobasket 1937|1937]], [[Eurobasket 1939|1939]] and [[Eurobasket 2003|2003]]), as well a total of 8 other medals in the Eurobasket, the [[FIBA World Championship|World Championships]] and the [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]. 76% of the country's population watched the men's national team games live in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lietuvos krepšinio rinktinės kovas šįmet matė per 2 mln. televizijos žiūrovų|url=http://www.15min.lt/naujiena/sportas/krepsinis/lietuvos-krepsinio-rinktines-kovas-simet-mate-per-2-mln-televizijos-ziurovu-23-466445|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150127002110/http://www.15min.lt/naujiena/sportas/krepsinis/lietuvos-krepsinio-rinktines-kovas-simet-mate-per-2-mln-televizijos-ziurovu-23-466445|archive-date=27 January 2015|website=15min.lt|access-date=13 November 2014}}</ref> Lithuania hosted the Eurobasket in 1939 and [[Eurobasket 2011|2011]]. The historic Lithuanian basketball team [[BC Žalgiris]], from Kaunas, won the European basketball league [[Euroleague]] in 1999. Lithuania has [[List of Lithuanian NBA players|produced a number]] of [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] players, including [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] inductees [[Arvydas Sabonis]] and [[Šarūnas Marčiulionis]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers-index/ |title=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame – Hall of Famers Index |website=Hoophall.com |access-date=30 April 2016 |archive-date=25 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325102924/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers-index/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and current NBA players [[Jonas Valančiūnas]], [[Domantas Sabonis]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://pr.nba.com/nba-rosters-international-players-2016-17/ |title=NBA rosters feature record 113 international players from 41 countries and territories |publisher=National Basketball Association |date=25 October 2016 |access-date=11 September 2017 |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501012400/https://pr.nba.com/nba-rosters-international-players-2016-17/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:La selección de Lituania celebra su tercer puesto en el Mundial de baloncesto 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Lithuania men's national basketball team]] is ranked eighth worldwide in [[FIBA Rankings]].]]
Lithuania has won a total of [[Lithuania at the Olympics|26 medals at the Olympic Games]], including 6 gold medals in [[Sport of athletics|athletics]], [[modern pentathlon]], [[Shooting sport|shooting]], and [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]]. Other Lithuanians won Olympic medals representing Soviet Union. [[Discus throw]]er [[Virgilijus Alekna]] is the most successful Olympic athlete of independent Lithuania, having won gold medals in the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] and [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] games, as well as a bronze in [[2008 Summer Olympics]] and numerous [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championship]] medals. More recently, a gold medal was won by 15-year-old swimmer [[Rūta Meilutytė]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London, and sparked a rise in popularity for the sport in Lithuania.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Lithuania hosted the [[2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup]], the first time Lithuania had hosted a FIFA tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Three cities set to host the FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021™ |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/futsalworldcup/lithuania2021/media-releases/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.comthree-cities-set-to-host-the-fifa-futsal-world-cup-lithuania-2020tm |access-date=26 July 2022 |website=www.fifa.com}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

Few Lithuanian athletes have found success in [[winter sports]], although facilities are provided by several ice rinks and skiing slopes, including [[Snow Arena]], the first indoor ski slope in the [[Baltics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kauno.diena.lt/naujienos/sveikata/sveikata/ziemos-sportas-lietuvoje-podukros-vietoje-674533#.VRUtQaM1jct |title=Žiemos sportas Lietuvoje – podukros vietoje |language=lt |website=Kauno.diena.lt |date=10 February 2015 |access-date=30 April 2016 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430183452/https://kauno.diena.lt/naujienos/sveikata/sveikata/ziemos-sportas-lietuvoje-podukros-vietoje-674533#.VRUtQaM1jct |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018 [[Lithuania men's national ice hockey team]] won gold medals at the [[2018 IIHF World Championship Division I]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jie tai padarė! Lietuviai žaibiškai atsitiesė po šalto dušo ir iškovojo istorinį titulą|url=https://www.15min.lt/sportas/naujiena/ziemos-sportas/jie-tai-padare-lietuviai-zaibiskai-atsitiese-po-salto-duso-ir-iskovojo-istorini-titula-295-963998|website=15min.lt|access-date=28 April 2018|archive-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625120911/https://www.15min.lt/sportas/naujiena/ziemos-sportas/jie-tai-padare-lietuviai-zaibiskai-atsitiese-po-salto-duso-ir-iskovojo-istorini-titula-295-963998|url-status=live}}</ref>