Maigonis Valdmanis
 Maigonis Valdmanis in 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | September 8, 1933 Riga, Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | October 30, 1999 (aged 66) Roja, Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maigonis Valdmanis (September 8, 1933 – October 30, 1999) was a Soviet and Latvian basketball player and coach. He was born in Riga.
He played for Rīgas ASK and won three Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and four Soviet national league championships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958).
Playing for the USSR national basketball team Maigonis Valdmanis won three gold medals at EuroBasket 1957, EuroBasket 1959, EuroBasket 1961, and silver medals at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maigonis Valdmanis Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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- Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- FIBA EuroBasket–winning players
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