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Kristaps
Kristaps is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the German name Christoph and may refer to: * Kristaps Blanks (born 1986), Latvian football striker *Kristaps Dārgais (born 1990), Latvian basketball player * Kristaps Grebis (born 1980), Latvian footballer * Kristaps Gulbis (born 1967), Latvian sculptor and artist * Kristaps Helmanis (1848 – 1892), Latvian vaccinologist and microbiologist * Kristaps Janičenoks (born 1983), Latvian basketball player *Kristaps Lībietis (born 1982), Latvian biathlete and Olympic competitor * Kristaps Mauriņš (born 1991), Latvian luger and Olympic competitor *Kristaps Porziņģis (born 1995), Latvian basketball player *Kristaps Sotnieks (born 1987), Latvian ice-hockey player * Kristaps Valters (born 1981), Latvian basketball guard * Kristaps Veksa (born 1994), Latvian BMX rider * Kristaps Zaļupe (born 1976), Latvian sprint canoer and Olympic competitor *Kristaps Zīle Kristaps Zīle (born 24 December 1997) is a Latvian profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaps Porziņģis
Kristaps Porziņģis (; born 2 August 1995) is a Latvian professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is one of the tallest active players in the NBA, standing at tall, and plays both the power forward and center positions. Born in Liepāja, Porziņģis began his professional career with Sevilla in 2012. Porziņģis quickly rose through the team's youth ranks and became the figurehead of the senior team by 2013. He subsequently won the EuroCup Basketball Rising Star award in 2015, where, at age 19, he became the youngest ever recipient of the award. The following summer, he declared for the NBA draft, where he was selected fourth overall by the New York Knicks. In New York, Porziņģis was seen as one of the Knicks' potential cornerstones, but after disagreements with the front office, he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in 2019. In Dallas, Porziņģis was plagued by injuries and inconsistent play during his ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaps Zommers
Kristaps Zommers (born 7 January 1997) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for SK Super Nova. Club career As a youth player, Zommers joined the youth academy of Aarhus Gymnastikforening in Denmark. He started his career with Parma. In the 2015-16 Serie D, Kristaps made 25 appearances and kept 17 clean sheets. Local journalists were deterred by the fact that he cannot speak Italian fluently so his interviews were conducted in English. In an interview with the Italian show ''Sports Bar'', he said, "In football, you know, things may not always go smoothly; it only affects work and will continue to give my best in training. I am convinced, that our quality, in the long run, will come out." On 17 January 2019, he was released from his Parma contract by mutual consent. In 2020, he signed for Nara. Zommers returned to Latvia and signed with Valmieras FK on 10 September 2020. In 2022, he signed for Super Nova. International Zommers made his Latvia U- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaps Valters
Kristaps Valters (born September 18, 1981) is a Latvian former professional basketball player. After retiring he became a coach, and is currently working as a head coach for Valmiera/ORDO. Playing career Valters first played professionally in 1998, for ASK/Brocēni/LMT. In 2000, Valters signed his first foreign contract, with Antalya Büyükşehir Belediyesi, but played there only one season. He then returned to the Latvian Basketball League, signing a two-year contract with the newly created team Skonto. In 2003, he played in the NBA Summer League for the Cleveland Cavaliers alongside number #1 pick in that draft LeBron James. In the fall of that year, he returned to Europe and played for Panionios. Valters did not stay there for long and in December 2004, he returned to play for Skonto. From 2004 to 2006, he played for the Germany's Basketball Bundesliga club EWE Baskets Oldenburg. Then he went to Italy and played for Pallalcesto Amatori Udine. During the season in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaps Gulbis
Kristaps Gulbis (born 26 July 1967) is a Latvian sculptor and artist known for numerous contemporary art projects in more than 25 countries. His works have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the Museum of Modern Art in Hokaido, Japan, and at metropolitan sites in London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Riga, Moscow and other European cities, as well as in New York, Seoul, and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The visual art projects curated, directed and managed by Gulbis have been set in England, Hungary, Germany, Latvia, Estonia and elsewhere in Europe. Some of the artist's most notable work include his project ''Pink House'' (together with Aigars Bikše) presented at the 51st Venice Biennale, Italy; the ''Monument to Freedom'' (2018) in Belgium, and ''The'' ''Pine Trees of Raini''s (''Raiņa Priedes;'' 2014) in Latvia commemorating the famous Latvian poet and playwright Rainis. Gulbis has lectured at various US universities and art centres across Europe, Asia and the US. Some of the most not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaps Janičenoks
Kristaps Janičenoks (born March 14, 1983) is a Latvian professional basketball player who currently plays for VEF Rīga. He also plays for the Latvian national basketball team. Playing career Janičenoks first gained attention as a high scoring teenager at the 1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. He was the second leading overall scorer at the tournament, averaging 23.5 points per game and was named to All-Tournament Team. Shortly thereafter, he started his career in Latvian Basketball League with Brocēni. In 2001, after finishing high-school in Latvia he received multiple offers from NCAA D1 schools, choosing George Washington as the place where he will play. However, NCAA ruled him ineligible due to fact that he had played with Brocēni in NEBL which was considered as pro league. After one month in USA, he returned to Latvia in September and joined newly founded BK Skonto, which was a successor to Brocēni. In 2003, he went to play abroad, joining Belgian side Liege E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaps Zvejnieks
Kristaps Zvejnieks (born 15 February 1992 in Riga) is an Alpine ski racer and inline Alpine slalom racer from Latvia. He competed for Latvia at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He competed in slalom and giant slalom and his best result was a 37th place in the slalom. He competes in FIS, CIT, EC and WC levels. He had his first World Cup start in Schladming on 24 January 2012. Alpine skiing career He was born to Jana Zvejniece and Raivo Zvejnieks in Riga, Latvia, and grew up there. The closest ski area was in Sigulda, 60 km from his house. The biggest skiing slopes in Sigulda are Pilsētas trase, Kaķīškalns and Kordes trase, all more than 100 m above the sea level with a vertical drop of 80 – 90 m and length of 275 – 350 m. He began skiing at three and racing at eight. In his first race he finished in 6th place. He made his first start in a World Cup event during the 2012 World Cup season in the slalom at Schladming. 2008 season Zvejnieks started his FIS career in Gei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaps Helmanis
Kristaps Helmanis (german: Christopher Hellmann, russian: Христофор Иванович Гельман; 3 June 1848 – 2 March 1892) was a Latvian vaccinologist and microbiologist. He discovered tuberculin simultaneously with Robert Koch and mallein together with Oto Kalniņš (1891). Biography Helmanis was born on 3 June 1848 in Tērvete (then ''Hofzumberge'', Courland Governorate), received education at the parish school and Jelgava Real School (''Jelgavas reālskola''). He studied veterinary medicine at the Dorpat Veterinary Institute (''Kaiserliche Veterinair-Institut zu Dorpat'', 1873—1877) and received a gold medal for his work “On Development of Spermatozoids of Vertebrates”. After graduation he stayed at the institute for a degree of master of science he received in 1879. Then Helmanis relocated to the capital of Russian Empire St Petersburg, where he started to work as a veterinary of the guard cavalry regiment. There he organised a laboratory by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaps Blanks
Kristaps Blanks (born 30 January 1986) is a Latvian football coach and former player who played as striker. He is a first-team coach at Riga FC Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Since 2016 the club has been playing in the Virslīga. History The club was officially registered .... References 1986 births Living people People from Tukums Latvian footballers Latvia international footballers Skonto FC players FK Daugava (2003) players Riga FC players Association football forwards {{Latvia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaps Grebis
Kristaps Grebis (born 13 December 1980 in Liepāja) is a retired Latvian footballer. Club career Grebis started his professional career in 2000 with FK Liepājas Metalurgs. Making 7 appearances and scoring one goal in his first season, he later had a short spell with FK Rīga, returning to Liepāja in 2002. This time playing there for 4 straight years, in 2006 he left for Oxford United. Grebis had his contract with Oxford United cancelled by mutual consent in March 2007, as this period of his career wasn't the best. Later on he joined FK Ventspils, but in 2008 came back to his home land team Liepājas Metalurgs. He played there for two years, until 2008, making 63 appearances and scoring 48 goals. In 2009, he was the best scorer of the Virsliga championship with 30 goals in one season. This was definitely the best period in his career, while playing in Latvia. In February 2011 he joined AEL Limassol, after being on trial with them for 2 weeks. His stay in Cyprus didn't last fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaps Zaļupe
Kristaps Zaļupe (born 12 July 1976) is a Latvian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ..., he finished seventh in the K-2 1000 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1976 births Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Latvian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Latvia {{Latvia-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaps Veksa
Kristaps Veksa (born 30 January 1994) is a Latvian male BMX rider, representing his nation at international competitions. He started to race BMX at 1999. At the moment he is a BMX Trainer in Germany and also compete in international events like BMX and Pumptrack World championship races. In 2021 He was also first time competing in Ninja Warrior Germany and Ninja Warrior All Stars. Best results 1st in Latvian Championship Multiple times 2002 - 2nd place European Championship round Netherland (Boys 8) 2002 - 3rd place European Championships (Boys 8) 2004 - 7th place European Championships (Boys 10) 2010 - 2nd place European Championships (Boys 16) 2012 - 1st place Euro Cup Round in Switzerland (Junior Men) 2013 - 4th place Euro Cup Round Latvia (Elite men) 2016 - 3rd place Euro cup round Germany (Elite men) 2016 - 3rd place European Cup Overall (Elite Men) 2016 - 6th place European Championships TT (Elite men) 2021 - Ninja Warrior Germany Semi Finalist 2021 - 1st p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristaps Mauriņš
Kristaps Mauriņš (born 5 May 1991 in Cēsis Cēsis (), (german: Wenden, liv, Venden, et, Võnnu, pl, Kieś) is a town in Latvia located in the northern part of the Central Vidzeme Upland. Cēsis is on the Gauja River valley, and is built on a series of ridges above the river over ...) is a Latvian luger. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where he placed 21st in the men's singles event. References External links * 1991 births Living people People from Cēsis Latvian male lugers Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic lugers of Latvia {{Latvia-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
