Education
In 1959, Gediminas graduated eight classes at Kaunas IV secondary school and finished Kaunas Food Industry Technical College.
In 1959, Gediminas graduated eight classes at Kaunas IV secondary school and finished Kaunas Food Industry Technical College.
Both partisans parents died on July 26, 1945 fighting for Lithuania freedom. In 1979, he graduated Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty of Humanities and public administration at Kaunas University of Technology in 2005.
In 1973, he became a Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics basketball championship prizewinner and later won Lithuanian league eight times. In 1997 (Helsinki), 1998 (Montevideo) and in 2001 (Ljubljana) he became a world champion as a member of Lithuania seniors basketball team Budnikas also won European seniors championship in Riga, in 2000.
In 1962, Budnikas was invited to join Žalgiris team, in 1962-1974 he was a member of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic national team
He is a Žalgiris member of the Board.