Māris Ļaksa (born 8 September 1981 in
Ventspils
Ventspils (; german: Windau, ; see #Other names, other names) is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population ...
) is a Latvian professional basketball forward who, as of 2012, is a member of
BC Rakvere Tarvas
BC Rakvere Tarvas is a professional basketball club based in Rakvere, Estonia. The team plays in the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League. Their home arena is the Rakvere Sports Hall.
Tarvas was relegated to the third Estonian division in 201 ...
. He is also a member of
Latvia national basketball team
The Latvia men's national basketball team ( lv, Latvijas basketbola izlase) represents Latvia in international basketball. They are organized and run by the Latvian Basketball Association. Latvia has reached the European Basketball Championshi ...
. His father,
Jānis Ļaksa
Jānis is a Latvian masculine given name. The first written use of the name Jānis dates back to 1290. It may refer to:
*Jānis Ādamsons (born 1956), Latvian politician
*Jānis Akuraters (1876–1937), Latvian poet, writer, playwright and polit ...
, is a basketball coach.
External links
Basketpedya.com ProfileBBL.net Profile
1981 births
Latvian expatriate basketball people in Estonia
Latvian men's basketball players
Living people
Ikaros B.C. players
People from Ventspils
BC Rakvere Tarvas players
BC Valga players
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