Ričmonds Vilde (born July 5, 1990) is a Latvian retired professional basketball player, who played the center/power forward position. Currently, he owns multiple successful businesses in the United States.
He has previously represented Latvia in the U16, U18 and U20 European Championships. After high school Ricmonds Vilde moved to United States and joined
SMU to play at NCAA level. During his red shirt year, Vilde started to practice
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
and was offered a place in an American football team. Vilde decided to stay with basketball.
In the summer of 2015 for the first time in his career Vilde was included in the Latvian National team's candidate list. However, he was one of the last players who did not make the team for
EuroBasket 2015
EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It was co-hosted by Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia, making it the first EuroBasket held in more than one country. It started on 5 Sept ...
. Later he signed his first pro contract with Latvian champions VEF Rīga.
Ricmonds Vilde's father is a famous Latvian volleyball player
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 ...
who now is the head coach of Latvian Men's Volleyball National Team.
References
External links
VTB League profile
1990 births
Living people
BK VEF Rīga players
Centers (basketball)
Earth Friends Tokyo Z players
Houston Christian Huskies men's basketball players
Latvian men's basketball players
Latvian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Latvian expatriates in Japan
SMU Mustangs men's basketball players
Basketball players from Riga
Lee Academy (Maine) alumni
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