Maigonis Valdmanis

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Maigonis Valdmanis

Maigonis Valdmanis in 1933

Personal information

Born

September 8, 1933
Riga, Latvia

Died

October 30, 1999 (aged 66)
Roja, Latvia

Height

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Weight

165 lb (75 kg)

Medal record

Men's Basketball
Competitor for the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver	Helsinki 1952	Team Competition
Silver	Melbourne 1956	Team Competition
Silver	Rome 1960	Team Competition
European Championship
Gold	Bulgaria 1957	Soviet Union
Gold	Turkey 1959	Soviet Union
Gold	Yugoslavia 1961	Soviet Union

Maigonis Valdmanis (September 8, 1933 — October 30, 1999) was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.

He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and 4 Soviet national league championships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958).

Playing for USSR national basketball team Maigonis Valdmanis won 3 gold medals at Eurobasket 1957, Eurobasket 1959, Eurobasket 1961 and 3 silver medals at Olympic Games 1952, 1956, 1960.

External links

biography at Rīgas ASK homepage (Latvian)
basketpedya.com
rigasask.lv

v t e Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1957 – Gold medal

3 Muižnieks 4 Valdmanis 5 Torban 6 Stonkus 7 Zubkov 8 Bochkaryov 9 Laga 10 Semyonov 11 Lauritėnas 12 Ozerov 13 Minashvili 14 Studenetsky Coach: Spandarian

v t e Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1959 – Gold medal

3 Muižnieks 4 Valdmanis 5 Torban 6 Minashvili 7 Zubkov 8 Bochkaryov 9 Krūmiņš 10 Semyonov 11 Korneev 12 Volnov 13 Studenetsky 14 Petrov Coach: Spandarian

v t e Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1961 – Gold medal

4 Valdmanis 5 Valtin 6 Alachachian 7 Zubkov 8 Ugrekhelidze 9 Krūmiņš 10 Novikov 11 Korneev 12 Petrov 13 Volnov 14 Muižnieks 16 Kandel Coach: Gomelsky

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1952 Summer Olympics – Silver medal

4 Butautas 5 Dzhordzhikiya 6 Konev 7 Korkiya 8 Kruus 9 Kullam 10 Lagunavičius 11 Lõssov 12 Moiseyev 13 Ozerov 14 Petkevičius 15 Stonkus 16 Valdmanis 17 Vlasov Coach: Spandarian

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1956 Summer Olympics – Silver medal

4 Bochkaryov 5 Valdmanis 6 Zubkov 7 Krūmiņš 8 Lauritėnas 9 Muižnieks 10 Ozerov 11 Petkevičius 12 Semyonov 13 Stonkus 14 Studenetsky 15 Torban Coach: Spandarian

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1960 Summer Olympics – Silver medal

3 Muižnieks 4 Valdmanis 5 Valtin 6 Minashvili 7 Zubkov 8 Ugrekelidze 9 Krūmiņš 10 Semyonov 11 Korneev 12 Petrov 13 Volnov 14 Ozers Coach: Spandarian

v t e ASK Riga 1958 Euroleague Champions

Krūmiņš G. Muižnieks Valdmanis V. Muižnieks Kalniņš Dāvids Gulbis Hehts Jankovskis Kalherts Leončiks Vērītis Coach: Gomelsky

v t e ASK Riga 1958–59 Euroleague Champions

Krūmiņš G. Muižnieks Valdmanis V. Muižnieks Kalniņš Dāvids Gulbis Hehts Jankovskis Kalherts Leončiks Vērītis Coach: Gomelsky

v t e ASK Riga 1959–60 Euroleague Champions

Krūmiņš G. Muižnieks Valdmanis V. Muižnieks Kalniņš Bergs Dāvids Gulbis Hehts Jankovskis Leončiks Vērītis Coach: Gomelsky

Persondata
Name	Valdmanis, Maigonis
Alternative names
Short description	Basketball player
Date of birth	1933
Place of birth
Date of death	1999
Place of death

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