Jānis Krūmiņš
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For the footballer, see Jānis Krūmiņš (footballer).
Jānis Krūmiņš (30 January 1930 – 20 November 1994) was a Soviet-Latvian professional basketball player. Helped by his height (about 220 cm, or 7'3"), he was the first giant center that dominated under European baskets, for years. As a player of the senior Soviet Union national basketball team, Krūmiņš won 3 gold medals at the 1959, 1961, and 1963 EuroBaskets, as well as 3 silver medals at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Summer Olympic Games.
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Born | (1930-01-30)30 January 1930 Raiskums Parish, Latvia |
Died | 20 November 1994(1994-11-20) (aged 64) Riga, Latvia |
Nationality | Latvian |
Listed height | 2.20 m (7 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
Listed weight | 141 kg (311 lb) |
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Playing career | 1954–1969 |
Position | Center |
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1954–1964 | Rīgas ASK |
1964–1969 | VEF Rīga |
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A Russian poll that was conducted in 2006, named Krūmiņš as the 3rd most popular Soviet men's basketball player of all time, after Arvydas Sabonis and Vladimir Tkachenko.[1]