Jānis Krūmiņš
Center, Basketball Player
1930 – 1994
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Who was Jānis Krūmiņš?
Jānis Krūmiņš was a Soviet Latvian center basketball player. Helped by his height, he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years. As a player of Soviet Union national basketball team Krumins won 3 gold medals at the 1959, 1961 and 1963 European championships as well as 3 silver medals at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympic basketball tournaments.
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- Born
- Jan 30, 1930
Latvia - Also known as
- Janis Krumins
- Yanis Krumins
- Died
- Nov 20, 1994
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on July 23, 2013
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