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Maigonis Valdmanis

1933 - 1999

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Maigonis Valdmanis (September 8, 1933 – October 30, 1999) was a Soviet and Latvian basketball player and coach. He was born in Riga. He played for Rīgas ASK and won three Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and four Soviet national league championships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958). Playing for the USSR national basketball team Maigonis Valdmanis won three gold medals at EuroBasket 1957, EuroBasket 1959, EuroBasket 1961, and silver medals at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maigonis Valdmanis is the 226th most popular basketball player (down from 139th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Latvia (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Maigonis Valdmanis ranks 226 out of 1,757. Before him are Jure Zdovc, Zoran Savić, Gennadi Volnov, Gail Goodrich, Miloš Teodosić, and Chris Finch. After him are Mike Krzyzewski, Sabit Hadžić, Carl Shy, Dwyane Wade, Detlef Schrempf, and Kenny Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Maigonis Valdmanis ranks 467. Before him are Nicette Bruno, Ingrid Jonker, Chris Lawrence, David Storey, Lou Albano, and Constand Viljoen. After him are Tom Price, Conway Twitty, Ann Richards, Gilberto Penayo, Basil Heatley, and Jesse Mashburn. Among people deceased in 1999, Maigonis Valdmanis ranks 273. Before him are Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Jack Lynch, Irving Rapper, Charles Brown, Zully Moreno, and Augustus Pablo. After him are Leonid Sedov, Teodor Kocerka, Mohammad Mohammadullah, Marie Kraja, Vladimir Yashchenko, and Anthony Newley.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Maigonis Valdmanis ranks 182 out of 323. Before him are Piotr Ugrumov (1961), Gunnar Birkerts (1925), Jeļena Ostapenko (1997), Juris Silovs (1950), Atis Kronvalds (1837), and Alexei Kudrin (1960). After him are Alexei Shirov (1972), George Gulack (1905), Valdis Muižnieks (1935), Cēzars Ozers (1937), Aigars Fadejevs (1975), and Emīls Dārziņš (1875).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Latvia

Among basketball players born in Latvia, Maigonis Valdmanis ranks 2. Before him are Jānis Krūmiņš (1930). After him are 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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