Valdis Muižnieks | |
Birth Date: | February 22, 1935 |
Birth Place: | Riga, Latvia |
Death Date: | November 29, 2013 |
Nationality: | Latvian |
Height Cm: | 183 |
Weight Kg: | 77 |
Career Start: | 1951 |
Career End: | 1969 |
Career Position: | Shooting guard |
Years1: | 1951 |
Team1: | Dinamo Riga |
Years2: | 1954–1964 |
Team2: | Rīgas ASK |
Years3: | 1964–1969 |
Team3: | Rigas VEF |
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Valdis Muižnieks (February 22, 1935 – November 29, 2013) was a Latvian basketball player.[1]
Muižnieks was born in Riga. He played for Rīgas ASK 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).