Valdis Muižnieks
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Basketball | ||
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | Melbourne 1956 | Team Competition |
| Silver | Rome 1960 | Team Competition |
| Silver | Tokyo 1964 | Team Competition |
| European Championship | ||
| Gold | Bulgaria 1957 | Soviet Union |
| Gold | Turkey 1959 | Soviet Union |
| Gold | Yugoslavia 1961 | Soviet Union |
Valdis Muižnieks (February 22, 1935 – November 29, 2013) was a Latvian basketball player.[1]
Muižnieks was born in Riga. He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and 4 Soviet national championships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958).
Playing for Soviet national team, Muižnieks won 3 gold medals at Eurobasket 1957, Eurobasket 1959, Eurobasket 1961, and 3 silver medals at the Olympic Games (1956, 1960, 1964).
References
- ↑ "Mūžībā aizgājis leģendārais basketbolists Valdis Muižnieks". Apollo.lv. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
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