Maigonis Valdmanis

Maigonis Valdmanis

File:Maigonis Valdmanis (1933).jpg Maigonis Valdmanis in 1933
Personal information
Born	September 8, 1933 Riga, Latvia
Died	Roja, Latvia
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Medal record Men's Basketball Representing the Soviet Union Olympic Games Helsinki 1952 Team Competition Melbourne 1956 Team Competition Rome 1960 Team Competition European Championship Bulgaria 1957 Soviet Union Turkey 1959 Soviet Union Yugoslavia 1961 Soviet Union

Maigonis Valdmanis (September 8, 1933 – October 30, 1999) was a Latvian basketball player. He was born in Riga.

He played for ASK Riga 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.

External links

• biography at Rīgas ASK homepage (Latvian)
• basketpedya.com
• rigasask.lv