Igors Miglinieks (born 4 May 1964) is a retired
Soviet
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and
Latvian professional
basketball
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player and
coach
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Guidance/instruction
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* Co ...
. He played at the
point guard and
shooting guard positions.
Professional club playing career
Miglinieks was a member of the
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's
Erie Wave
The Erie Wave were a professional basketball franchise based in Erie, Pennsylvania from 1990–1992. The team played its inaugural season in the World Basketball League, which folded before the schedule ended.
The Wave cheerleading squad was known ...
in 1990. Miglinieks was also a member of the
FIBA European Selection team, in 1991.
National team playing career
Miglinieks was a member of the senior
Soviet Union national team. With the Soviet Union, he won a gold medal at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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, becoming the first Latvian basketball player to win the gold medal at the
Summer Olympic Games.
Coaching career
After he retired from playing professional basketball, Miglinieks had a long
coaching
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career, working as a
head coach
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in numerous teams and leagues.
Personal life
Miglinieks' brother,
Raimonds, was also a professional basketball player.
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References
External links
BGBasket.com Player and Coach Profile
Olimpiade.lv Profile
LatvijasSports.lv Profile
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1964 births
Living people
Latvian men's basketball players
Soviet men's basketball players
Latvian basketball coaches
BC Spartak Saint Petersburg coaches
BK VEF Rīga players
Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union
Olympic basketball players of the Unified Team
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Point guards
Shooting guards
Basketball players from Riga
Soviet expatriate basketball people in the United States
Latvian expatriate basketball people in Germany
Latvian expatriate basketball people in Russia
Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Latvian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
Olympic medalists in basketball
Latvian sports coaches
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
PBC CSKA Moscow players
Soviet expatriate basketball people