Valdis Muižnieks

Valdis Muižnieks
Medal record
Men's Basketball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1956 Melbourne Team Competition
1960 Rome Team Competition
1964 Tokyo Team Competition
European Championship
1957 Bulgaria Soviet Union
1959 Turkey Soviet Union
1961 Yugoslavia 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). Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR (1959).

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

  1. "Mūžībā aizgājis leģendārais basketbolists Valdis Muižnieks". Apollo.lv. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
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