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Raimonds Gerkens
Raimonds is a Latvian masculine given name and may refer to: * Raimonds Bergmanis (born 1966), Latvian weightlifting champion, strongman and Olympic competitor *Raimonds Feldmanis (born 1982), Latvian basketballer and coach *Raimonds Karnītis (1929–1999), Latvian basketball player and coach *Raimonds Laizāns (born 1964), Latvian football goalkeeper * Raimonds Miglinieks (born 1970), Latvian professional basketball player * Raimonds Pauls (born 1936), Latvian composer and pianist *Raimonds Staprans (born 1926), Latvian playwright * Raimonds Vaikulis (born 1980), Latvian professional basketball guard * Raimonds Vējonis (born 1966), Latvian politician *Raimonds Vilde Raimonds Vilde (born August 19, 1962) is a former Latvian volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was born in Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 ... (born 1962), Latvian volleyball player and Olympic competito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the Baltic states; and is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts; and speak Latvian, one of the only two surviving Baltic languages. Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population. After centuries of Teutonic, Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian and Russian rule, which was mainly executed by the local Baltic German aristocracy, the independent R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Language
Latvian ( ), also known as Lettish, is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken in the Baltic region. It is the language of Latvians and the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 1.3 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and 100,000 abroad. Altogether, 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, speak Latvian. Of those, around 1.16 million or 62% of Latvia's population use it as their primary language at home, however excluding the Latgale Region it is spoken as a native language in villages and towns by over 90% of the population. As a Baltic language, Latvian is most closely related to neighboring Lithuanian (as well as Old Prussian, an extinct Baltic language); however Latvian has followed a more rapid development. In addition, there is some disagreement whether Latgalian and Kursenieki, which are mutually intelligible with Latvian, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimonds Bergmanis
Total Raimonds Bergmanis (born 25 July 1966) is a Latvian politician and former Minister of Defence. He is a former Olympic weightlifter and retired strongman competitor. Athletic career Bergmanis was part of the Latvian Olympic Weightlifting team, and has set 21 Latvian records. He is a three-time Olympian (1992, 1996 and 2000). In 1992, he carried the Latvian flag at the opening ceremony, the first person to do so since 1936 when independent Latvia last participated in a Summer Olympiad. Bergmanis had a successful strongman career and was known for his consistency across multiple disciplines, but never managed to win many events outright. He did, however, win the World Muscle Power Championships in 1997, and followed this up with two 2nd place finishes in 1998 and 1999. He also competed in the Arnold's Strongest Man Contest, his best result coming in the 2003 and 2004 competitions where he placed 3rd on both occasions. He also reached the reache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimonds Feldmanis
Raimonds Feldmanis (born 4 April 1982 in Rīga) is a Latvian former professional basketball player and professional basketball coach who helped Latvian 3x3 national team win gold medals in 2020 Summer Olympics. Playing career Feldmanis was a professional basketball player having played domestically for teams in Latvian Basketball League. He also had stints in Spain with teams from Liga EBA. Feldmanis won Latvian Basketball League title in 2010 with BK Barons. Coaching career Feldmanis worked with professional and youth national teams in Latvia, developed several top European prospects, such as Rodions Kurucs. In 2017, Feldmanis won Latvian championship with VEF Rīga. In February 2018, Feldmanis coached VEF Skola at the Big Baller Brand International Tournament where his team debuted by erasing 29-point first quarter deficit in a game against Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas, a team that had LaMelo Ball on its roster. Feldmanis was part of the New Orleans Pelicans coaching staf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimonds Karnītis
Raimonds Karnītis (26 December 1929 – 10 October 1999) was a Latvian basketball player and coach. He was the head coach of the TTT Riga women's basketball team of the European Cup For Women's Champions Clubs. Career Player Karnītis played professionally for various teams in Latvia from 1951 to 1962, including Rīgas ASK (1951–1953), Spartaks Rīga and VEF Riga. He was part of the VEF Riga team that took third place in the USSR Premier Basketball League in 1960. Between 1948 and 1958, Karnītis participated in 65 games for the Latvia national basketball team. Coach Karnītis coached the TTT Riga (also known as Daugava Riga) team from 1968 to 1986. Under his leadership, the team won the European Cup For Women's Champions Clubs' championship 15 times and the Soviet Women's Basketball Championship The Soviet Women's Basketball Championship was the top women's basketball competition in the Soviet Union. The championship was founded in 1937, and dominated by Dynamo Moscow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimonds Laizāns
Raimonds Laizāns (born 5 August 1964, in Riga) is a former Latvian football goalkeeper who played for Latvia national football team in the 1990s. Club playing career Raimonds Laizāns started playing football at the Daugava sports school in Riga at the age of 13. In 1980 with Progress Rīga he won the silver medals of the Latvian league and in 1983 debuted for the strongest Latvian club - Daugava Rīga. However his career with Daugava never really got off - Aleksandrs Kulakovs was in his prime years and the best Laizāns could hope for was being back-up to Kulakovs. From 1985 to 1987 Laizāns played with Zvejnieks Liepāja, then went to the Ukraine - first to Volyn Lutsk with which he won the Ukrainian league in 1989, then - to FC Karpaty Lviv. After the 1991/1992 season in Ukraine he returned to Latvia and joined Skonto FC. In the first year Laizāns played significantly less than Oļegs Grišins but from 1993 to 1996 he was the undisputed number one goalkeeper in the club wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimonds Miglinieks
Raimonds Miglinieks (born July 16, 1970 in Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a retired Latvian professional basketball player and basketball coach. Standing at a height of 1.90 m (6'2 ") tall, he was a point guard with excellent court vision. College career Miglinieks played college basketball in the United States, at the University of California, Irvine, with the Anteaters. He led the NCAA Division I in assists per game in the 1995–96 season, with an average of 8.5 assists per game. He was named the Big West Conference Player of the Year in 1996. Professional career Miglinieks played in the EuroLeague with Śląsk Wrocław and CSKA Moscow. He led the 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague in assists, with an average of 7.0 per game. National team career Miglinieks was a regular member of the senior men's Latvian national basketball team. He was a part of the Latvian squad that finished in 8th place at the 2001 EuroBasket The 2001 FIBA European Championship, commonly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimonds Pauls
Ojārs Raimonds Pauls (born 12 January 1936 in Iļģuciems, Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian composer and piano player who is well known in Latvia, Russia, post-Soviet countries and worldwide. He was the Minister of Culture of Latvia from 1988 to 1993. Biography Raimonds Pauls is the second child of Iļguciems' glass blowing factory worker Voldemārs Pauls and seamstress Alma Matilde Brodele. His father Voldemārs began his career at the age of 15 years, when he joined his father (Raimonds Pauls' grandfather Ādolfs Pauls) at the factory. Meanwhile, Voldemārs' mother Aleksandra, respectively, Raimonds' grandmother, hired an assistant at her shop – Alma. In 1932, Voldemārs and Alma celebrate their wedding. Unfortunately, their firstborn son Gustavs dies from meningitis at the age of four months. As Raimonds' father has played drums and his grandfather – violin, Voldemārs decides that his son should also play a musical instrument. Equipped with an old violin, Raimonds gets into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimonds Staprans
Raimonds Staprans ( lv, Raimonds Staprāns) is a well-known artist and playwright both in the United States and his native Latvia. Staprans was born in 1926 in Riga, Latvia. He now lives in San Francisco, California with his wife, scientist Ilona Staprāns. He has two daughters, Maretta Staprāns-Barlow and Alda Staprāns-Mednis. After living in occupied Latvia and in a Displaced Persons camp during World War II, Staprans immigrated to the United States with his family in 1947. He studied art at the University of Washington under Alexander Archipenko and Mark Tobey, then moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to begin graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He studied with Hans Hofmann and Karl Kasten, among others, and graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts in 1954. Staprans began exhibiting his art in the Maxwell Galleries in San Francisco. He currently exhibits at the Hackett , Mill Gallery in San Francisco and at the Peter Mendenhall Gallery in Los Ange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimonds Vaikulis
Raimonds Vaikulis (born February 4, 1980 in Preili) is a Latvian former professional basketball player. Professional career In 2008, with the BK Barons, he won the EuroCup and the Latvian Basketball League championship. He is a member of the Latvian national basketball team. Honours *2003-04 Russian Cup ( Ural Great) *2005-06 Latvian League ( BK Ventspils) *2007-08 Latvian League (Barons LMT) *2007-08 FIBA EuroCup FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ... (Barons LMT) References 1980 births Living people BC Dynamo Moscow players BC Rakvere Tarvas players Belfius Mons-Hainaut players BK Barons players BK Jūrmala players BK Liepājas Lauvas players BK Ventspils players Latvian expatriate basketball people in Estonia Korvpalli Meistriliiga players Latv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimonds Vējonis
Raimonds Vējonis (born 15 June 1966) is a Latvian politician who served as the 9th President of Latvia from 2015 to 2019 and the president of the Latvian Basketball Association since 2020. He is a member of the Latvian Green Party, part of the Union of Greens and Farmers. He served as Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development in 2002 and in 2011 and as Minister of the Environment from 2003 to 2011, while the Ministry of Regional Development was a separate department. He became Minister of Defence of Latvia in 2014 and held that office until becoming president in 2015. Since 2020 he is the president of Latvian Basketball Association. Early life and career Vējonis was born on 15 June 1966 in Pskov Oblast to a Latvian father and a Russian mother, while his father was serving in the Soviet army there. He grew up in Sarkaņi and attended school in the nearby town of Madona. Vējonis became interested in environmental protection because his grandfather had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimonds Vilde
Raimonds Vilde (born August 19, 1962) is a former Latvian volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was born in Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba .... In 1988 he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played six matches. Currently coaching Latvian Men's National Volleyball Team. Received a prize "Example in Sport" during Latvian Yearly Sports Awards ceremony in December, 2012. External links profile 1962 births Living people Latvian men's volleyball players Soviet men's volleyball players Olympiacos S.C. players Olympic volleyball players of the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Sportspeople from Riga Olympic m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
