Uvis Helmanis

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Uvis Helmanis
No. 4

Forward
Personal information
Born	(1972-06-10) June 10, 1972 Talsi, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Nationality	Latvian
Listed height	6 ft 8.5 in (204 cm)
Listed weight	255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
Pro playing career	1992–2010
Career history
Bonus Riga (1992–1994) Metropole (1995–1998) Broceni Riga (1998–1999) Bobry Bytom (1999–2000) Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (2000-2001) BK LMT Riga(2001) Śląsk Wrocław (2001) Bayer Leverkusen (2001–2002) GHP Bamberg (2002–2006) BK Ventspils (2006–2008) ASK Rīga (2008) Barons LMT (2009–2010)

Uvis Helmanis (born June 10, 1972 in Talsi, Latvian SSR, USSR) is a former Latvian professional basketball player who played power forward position. After retiring he became a coach, and is currently working as a head coach for BK Liepājas Lauvas.

Player profile

Experienced and powerful, Helmanis has been a key player for the National Team since the nineties. Some coaches were trying to put this 2.04 m player under the basket but his style tends to draw him away from the hoop. Helmanis can use his big body in the paint, especially on defense, but his most effective weapon is his ability to knock down the three-point shot. He doesn’t look very quick, but he is adept at getting himself open from behind the three-point line. Helmanis has been a National Champion in three different countries in his career: Latvia, Poland and Germany. After four good years at Bamberg, Helmanis came back to Latvia and celebrated his homecoming with "eternal" national champs BK Ventspils and showed all his best assets in the Baltic league and in ULEB Cup games. He is not a vocal leader, but an irreplaceable member of the team. In the summer of 2009 Helmanis became the first Latvian to play in five EuroBaskets.

After winning the Latvian Championship with Barons LMT in 2010 he retired as a player and became a head coach of the team. After unsuccessful results he was fired in midseason and went to Poland to work for the assistant of Dainius Adomaitis, head coach of Czarni Słupsk. After one season Uvis came back to Latvia and joined a coach room of BC VEF Rīga, becoming an assistant of head coach Ramunas Butautas. He became head coach of BK Liepājas Lauvas in 2013.

References

v t e Latvia squad – EuroBasket 2001 – 8th place

4 Helmanis 5 Vitols 6 Cipruss 7 Štelmahers 8 Valeiko 9 Ļaksa 10 K. Valters 11 Miglinieks 12 Bagatskis 13 Grafs 14 Kambala 15 Vecvagars Coach: Kraulinš

v t e Latvia squad – EuroBasket 2003 – 13th place

4 Helmanis 5 Vitols 6 Ostlers 7 Štelmahers 8 Šķēle 9 Sneps 10 Valters 11 Ļaksa 12 Bagatskis 13 Grafs 14 Kambala 15 Vecvagars Coach: Kraulins

v t e Latvia squad – EuroBasket 2005 – 13th place

4 Helmanis 5 Vītols 6 Šķēle 7 Štelmahers 8 Blūms 9 S. Valters 10 K. Valters 11 Timermanis 12 Skirmants 13 Grafs 14 Cipruss 15 Janičenoks Coach: Muižnieks

v t e Latvia squad – EuroBasket 2007 – 13th place

4 Helmanis 5 Vitols 6 Šķēle 7 Blūms 8 Vaikulis 9 Jahovičs 10 Valters 11 Veselovs 12 Cipruss 13 Grafs 14 Janičenoks 15 Biedriņš Coach: Muižnieks

v t e Latvia squad – EuroBasket 2009 – 13th place

4 Helmanis 5 Vitols 6 Šķēle 7 Blūms 8 Kalve 9 Valters 10 Jahovičs 11 Kambala 12 Freimanis 13 Štālbergs 14 Janičenoks 15 Biedriņš Coach: Kemzūra

Persondata
Name	Helmanis, Uvis
Alternative names
Short description	Latvian basketball player
Date of birth	June 10, 1972
Place of birth	Talsi, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Date of death
Place of death

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