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Jānis Krūmiņš

1930 - 1994

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Jānis Krūmiņš (30 January 1930 – 20 November 1994) was a Soviet-Latvian professional basketball player. Helped by his height (about 220 cm, or 7'3"), he was the first giant center that dominated under European baskets, for years. As a player of the senior Soviet Union national basketball team, Krūmiņš won 3 gold medals at the 1959, 1961, and 1963 EuroBaskets, as well as 3 silver medals at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Summer Olympic Games. A Russian poll that was conducted in 2006, named Krūmiņš as the 3rd most popular Soviet men's basketball player of all time, after Arvydas Sabonis and Vladimir Tkachenko. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jānis Krūmiņš is the 77th most popular basketball player (up from 85th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Latvia (up from 108th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jānis Krūmiņš ranks 77 out of 1,757. Before him are Dejan Bodiroga, Modestas Paulauskas, Red Auerbach, Pete Maravich, Rick Barry, and Petar Skansi. After him are Hot Rod Hundley, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Robert Parish, Zoran Slavnić, Charles Barkley, and Patrick Ewing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Jānis Krūmiņš ranks 307. Before him are Wojciech Zabłocki, Gary Snyder, Georges Descrières, Lois Smith, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, and Jorma Panula. After him are Sergei Kovalev, Lionel Cox, Robert Prosky, Christian Tumi, Luis de Pablo, and Choi Chung-min. Among people deceased in 1994, Jānis Krūmiņš ranks 180. Before him are John Osborne, Gary Kildall, Lew Hoad, William Conrad, Patrick O'Neal, and Aurora Mardiganian. After him are Karel Kryl, Maximilian von Edelsheim, Lilia Skala, Madeleine Renaud, Mercedes Comaposada, and Carmen McRae.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Krūmiņš ranks 103 out of 323. Before him are Krišjānis Barons (1835), Janis Rozentāls (1866), Garlieb Merkel (1769), Anatolijs Gorbunovs (1942), Walter Zapp (1905), and Karl Davydov (1838). After him are Vija Artmane (1929), Arkady Raikin (1911), Jacob W. Davis (1831), Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics (1887), Arvīds Pelše (1899), and Balys Dvarionas (1904).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Latvia

Among basketball players born in Latvia, Jānis Krūmiņš ranks 1. After him are Maigonis Valdmanis (1933), Valdis Muižnieks (1935), Cēzars Ozers (1937), Valdis Valters (1957), Jānis Timma (1992), Ainars Bagatskis (1967), Igors Miglinieks (1964), Kaspars Kambala (1978), Kristaps Porziņģis (1995), Jānis Blūms (1982), and Dāvis Bertāns (1992).

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