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Artūrs or Arturs is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Arturs Alberings (1876–1934), former Prime Minister of Latvia * Artūrs Ausējs (born 1990), Latvian basketball player * Artūrs Bērziņš (born 1988), Latvian basketball player * Artūrs Brūniņš (born 1982), Latvian basketball player * Artūrs Cavara (1901–1979), Latvian operatic tenor * Artūrs Garonskis (born 1957), Latvian and Soviet rower *Artūrs Irbe (born 1967), Latvian and Soviet ice hockey goaltender *Artūrs Karašausks (born 1992), Latvian footballer * Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (born 1964), Latvian politician * Artūrs Kulda (born 1988), Latvian ice hockey player * Artūrs Kupaks (born 1973), Latvian ice hockey player * Artūrs Kurucs (born 2000), Latvian basketball player *Artūrs Rubiks (born 1970), Latvian politician * Artūrs Silagailis (born 1987), Latvian football defender *Artūrs Šilovs (born 2001), Latvian ice hockey goaltender *Artūrs Skrastiņš (born 1974), Latvian actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturs Alberings
Arturs Alberings (8 January 1876 – 26 April 1934) was the 6th Prime Minister of Latvia. He held office from 7 May 1926 to 18 December 1926. Personal life Alberings was born on 8 January 1876 to a family of farmers in Rūjiena, Kreis Wolmar, in the Governorate of Livonia. His father was Virķēni "Klāvās. After graduating from Vilkene Primary School and Kharkiv Agricultural High School, he studied agronomy in Norway, and also improved his knowledge of fish farming in Germany. In Russia, he worked as the director of the School of Agriculture and Fish Farming, as well as the manager of manors. After returning to Latvia, he started leading courses at the Riga Central Agricultural Association, and he founded and managed animal monitoring associations in the Rūjiena and Valmiera areas. After the February Revolution in 1917, Alberings began to be involved in politics. In August, 1918, he was elected a member of the Vidzeme Land Council. In November, as a representative of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artūrs Šilovs
Artūrs Šilovs (born 22 March 2001) is a Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Šilovs was selected by the Canucks in the sixth round, 156th overall, in the 2019 NHL entry draft and made his NHL debut with the team in 2023. Playing with the Latvian national team, Šilovs played a central role in the country's first-ever medal at Ice Hockey World Championships in 2023. Playing career Šilovs started his hockey career with HS Riga of the Optibet Hockey League. At the 2019 NHL Entry Draft he was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the sixth round, 156th overall. He was subsequently selected by the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League in the 2019 CHL Import Draft, 11th overall, and joined them for the 2019–20 season. Šilovs signed a contract with Vancouver on 23 August 2019. In 2021, he started playing for the Abbotsford Canucks of the American Hockey League, recording a .888 save percentage for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artūrs Zjuzins
Artūrs Zjuzins (born 18 June 1991) is a Latvian football midfielder who plays for Norwegian club Nybergsund. Club career In his youth career Artūrs Zjuzins played for Jūrmala-VV, signing his first professional contract in 2007 with Ventspils. He played only 2 matches there, being sent to Tranzit in 2009. He played 17 matches there, scoring 1 goal. In 2010, he was taken back to Ventspils. Elected as the team's captain he played 20 matches that season, scoring 2 goals. In January 2011 it was reported that Zjuzins hadn't been let to join Lazio for €425'000. In March 2011 Zjuzins signed a contract with MŠK Žilina, playing in the Slovak Corgoň Liga. It was reported then, that the player had joined the club illegally, with no permission from Ventspils, but the situation was solved calmly and the player was let to join the Slovak side. He made his debut for Žilina against Košice on 15 March 2011, he also scored his first goal for the club then. Despite some good perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artūrs Zakreševskis
Artūrs Zakreševskis (born 7 August 1971 in Riga) is a former football defender from Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ... and is currently the assistant of Latvia U-15 team. He is currently a member of Latvia national beach soccer team too. He started his career in Vidus Riga, and has since played for RAF Jelgava, Daugava Riga, FHK Liepājas Metalurgs, FC Skonto and now FK Rīga. He debuted for the Latvia national team in 1995, and was included in the Euro 2004 squad. He has played 55 international matches and scored one goal. Career statistics International goals References External linksLatvian Football Federation(in Latvian) 1971 births Living people Latvian men's footballers Latvia men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2004 pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artūrs Žagars
Artūrs Mārtiņš Žagars (born 21 April 2000) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi, BSL and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he primarily plays at the point guard position. Professional career Early career Žagars spent much of his early career playing for Latvian club BS DSN Riga. Joventut Badalona In 2017, Žagars signed a long-term contract with Spanish club Club Joventut Badalona, Joventut Badalona. On 11 March 2018, Žagars made his Liga ACB debut, scoring two points in seven minutes versus Saski Baskonia, Baskonia. In November 2018, Žagars suffered a torn ligament in his ankle and was sidelined until early March 2019 after undergoing surgery. On 19 April 2019, Žagars declared for the 2019 NBA draft. Loan Period from Joventut Badalona On 16 February 2021, Žagars was loaned to Estonian powerhouse BC Kalev, Kalev/Cramo. On 12 January 2022, he was loaned to Löwen Braunschweig of the German Basketb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis
Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis (born August 11, 1985) is a Latvian professional basketball coach, who is currently a head coach for BK Liepāja, and an assistant for Luca Banchi in Latvian National Team. Career From 2011 till 2016 he worked as a head coach of Latvijas Universitāte, reaching Latvian League semi-finals in his debut season. From 2016 till 2019 he worked as head coach for BK Ogre, guiding them to first Latvian league medals in club's history. In summer of 2019 Visockis-Rubenis signed with 10-time Latvian champions BK Ventspils and debuted in FIBA Europe Cup level helping the team to reach the quarterfinals. In summer of 2020 Visockis-Rubenis became a head coach for BK Liepāja, signing a multi-year contract. National teams In 2015 he was named Latvian U16 team head coach and led the team in 2016 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. From 2015 Visockis-Rubenis is also an assistant coach of Latvia women's national basketball team, participating in EuroBasket Women 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artūrs Vāvere
Artūrs Vāvere (born March 17, 1965, in Riga is a Latvian sexologist. In 1997 Dr. Vāvere became head of the civic organization "The Latvian Association for Safe Sex". With the support of the European Union the association started free testing for HIV/AIDS. In 1998, with the help of the Soros Fund, the Latvian AIDS internet portawww.aids.lvwas opened. Since 1998 Dr. Vāvere has turned his attention to issues of men's sexual equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality, gender egalitarianism, or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making, an ... in Latvia. He publishes the booklets ''Man at the Age of Puberty'' and ''A Man''. Since 2000 he has been head of the Institute of Men's Sexual Health. External links Official website 1965 births Living people Latvian health professionals Sexologists Physicians from Riga {{latvia-bio-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artūrs Vaičulis
Artūrs Vaičulis (born 26 February 1990) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played s a goalkeeper. Club career Artūrs Vaičulis was born in Riga and as a kid he started playing football at his local youth club FK Auda. Soon after he transferred to Skonto Rīga academy, making a remarkable progress. In his last season with Skonto Vaičulis also trained with the first team but did not make any first team appearances and as a youngster was neither assigned to the first team squad. In 2006 Vaičulis left Skonto, having received an offer from the Scottish Premier League club St Mirren academy to join the club. After several remarkable performances throughout the period of two years with St Mirren he accepted an offer to join the Scottish giants Rangers in January 2008. Vaičulis mostly played for the Glasgow club's youth team and was occasionally involved in the reserve team action. Due to the strong competition among goalkeepers he left Rangers in July 2009 to sign a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artūrs Strēlnieks
Artūrs Strēlnieks (born 31 July 1985) is a Latvian professional basketball player, who plays the power forward position. He currently plays for Gulbenes Buki. Professional career After bouncing around couple of semi-pro teams, Artūrs Strēlnieks started his pro career at age 24 when he was signed by BK Ventspils in September 2009. He played next three years for Ventspils establishing himself as a solid player that excels on defensive end. In July 2012, Artūrs moved to VEF Rīga. In April 2014, he was signed to a three-year extension. On 19 July 2016 he signed with the Latvian team Jūrmala/Fēnikss. After playing at the highest level, in 2018, Artūrs joined the 2nd division, National League club, Gulbenes Buki and helped them get 4th place in 2022 and bronze in 2023. After that, in September of 2023 Artūrs joined the new team - Rīgas Zeļļi where he was the most experienced player at the time and helped the team in its early stages. In November of 2024, he rejoined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artūrs Strautiņš
Artūrs Strautiņš (born 23 October 1998) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Derthona Basket of the Italian LBA. Professional career Between 2012 and 2014, Strautiņš played for DSN Rīga in the Latvian Basketball League second division. On 20 October 2013, he became the second youngest player to debut in the Latvian Basketball League first division at the age of 14 years, 11 months and 27 days.Artūrs Strautiņš kļūst par otru jaunāko spēlētāju LBL vēsturē He played for the LMT Basketball Academy and recorded three points and four rebounds in a 79-point loss to |
Artūrs Štālbergs
Artūrs Štālbergs (born October 15, 1984) is a Latvian professional basketball coach for BK Liepājas Lauvas. He is also a former player. Playing career Štālbergs started basketball career in his hometown Liepāja. In 2003, he moved to USA where he played college basketball. Štālbergs finished his collegiate career in 2007 at University of Evansville. In 2007, he returned to Europe and joined BK Liepājas Lauvas, Liepājas Lauvas where he played for two years. After a strong second season in Liepāja, he agreed with Ukrainian team BC Azovmash in August 2009. However, ultimately he didn't sign contract with them. In October 2009, he moved to BK VEF Rīga, VEF Rīga. In September 2010, he decided to retire from basketball so he could pursue a coaching career. He was a member of the Latvia national basketball team that participated in EuroBasket 2009. Coaching career Štālbergs started coaching in 2010 when he joined BK Liepājas Lauvas, Liepājas Lauvas coaching staff whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturs Sproģis
Arturs Sproģis (6 March 1904 – 2 October 1980; ) was a Latvian colonel and commander of the Soviet partisans during the occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany in World War II. Early life and career Sproģis was born in Riga in 1904 in to a working-class family. In 1919 he voluntarily joined the Latvian Red Riflemen at the age of 15 in defence of the short-lived Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic. At the same time he also joined the Komsomol. In 1920, he was sent to Komsomol courses in Moscow, after which he continued his military service in the Red Army fighting against the White forces of General Wrangel. Subsequently, he attended military academy, finishing in 1922. Thereafter he served in the border guards until 1928, when he was sent to the OGPU Border Guards School in Moscow for further training. Following these courses, he was assigned to the Special Section (Counterintelligence) of the Byelorussian SSR NKVD, where he served until 1936. He then was sent on a special m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
