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Valdis Muižnieks

Valdis Muižnieks
Medal record
Men's Basketball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Team Competition
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1957 Bulgaria Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1959 Turkey Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1961 Yugoslavia Soviet Union

Valdis Muižnieks (February 22, 1935 – November 29, 2013) was a Latvian basketball player.

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).

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).



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