Valdis Muižnieks (February 22, 1935 – November 29, 2013) was a
Latvia
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n
basketball
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player.
Muižnieks 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 ...
. He played for
Rīgas ASK
Rīgas Armijas Sporta Klubs was a professional basketball club that was based in Riga, Latvia.
History
Rīgas ASK was founded in 1931, and started playing in the Latvian Basketball Championship. In the years that Latvia was controlled by the Sovi ...
and won 3
Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and 4
Soviet national championships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958). Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR (1959).
Playing for
Soviet national team, Muižnieks won 3 gold medals at
Eurobasket 1957
The 1957 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1957, was the tenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIB ...
,
Eurobasket 1959
The 1959 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1959, was the eleventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Turkey, began on 21 May 1959 and concluded w ...
,
Eurobasket 1961
The 1961 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1961, was the twelfth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Nineteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation ...
, and 3 silver medals at the
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
(
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
,
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
,
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
).
References
External links
Profile at ASK (riga) sitebasketpedya.comeuroleague.net
1935 births
2013 deaths
ASK Riga players
Latvian men's basketball players
Soviet men's basketball players
1959 FIBA World Championship players
Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union
Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
FIBA EuroBasket-winning players
Olympic medalists in basketball
Basketball players from Riga
Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
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