Jānis Krūmiņš

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Medal record
Men's Basketball
Competitor for the Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver Melbourne 1956 Team Competition
Silver Rome 1960 Team Competition
Silver Tokyo 1964 Team Competition
European Championship
Gold Turkey 1959 Soviet Union
Gold Yugoslavia 1961 Soviet Union
Gold Poland 1963 Soviet Union

Jānis Krūmiņš (January 30, 1930 in the USSRNovember 20, 1994) was a Soviet basketball player. Helped by his height (220 cm), he was the first giant center dominating under the european baskets, for years.

He played for ASK Riga and won 3 European champions' cups (1958,1959, 1960) and 4 USSR championships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958).

As a player of Soviet Union national basketball team Jānis Krūmiņš won 3 gold medals at Eurobasket 1959, Eurobasket 1961, Eurobasket 1963 and 3 silver medals at 1956 Olympics, 1960 Olympics, 1964 Olympics.

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