Aigars Vītols (born February 15, 1976) is a former

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

n professional basketball player and a current politician for the Latvian

Union of Greens and Farmers The Union of Greens and Farmers ( lv, Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība, ZZS) is an agrarian political alliance in Latvia. It is made up of the Latvian Farmers' Union, Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party, and For Latvia and Ventspils. It is p ...

Sports career

Vītols played the

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position: He played most of his career in Latvia, winning six national championships and one finals MVP award. When he played for Spanish team

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, S.A.D., known as just Fuenlabrada and also Carplus Fuenlabrada because of sponsorship reasons,, is a professional basketball team based in Fuenlabrada, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and plays their home games at Fe ...

, he was the best three-point shooter of

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in the 2005-06 season. Mostly he was known for his terrific long-range shooting and defensive skills. Vītols played for Latvia national basketball team at five

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Pro clubs

*1993-94: VEF/Ādaži *1994-98: BK Metropole *1998-02:

BK Ventspils BK Ventspils is a professional basketball club that is located in Ventspils, Latvia. The club competes in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. History BK Ventspils was founded in 1994. In first years Ventspils proved themselves as relevant pa ...

*2002: KD Slovan *2002:

Barons LMT BK Barons/LDz (previously Barons/LMT) was a professional basketball club which is based in Riga, Latvia. The team played in the first division of Latvian Basketball League. History Barons kvartāls was an integral part of Latvia's recent basketb ...

*2002-03: BK Skonto *2003-05:

*2005-06:

*2006-08:

*2008-09: ASK Rīga *2009-11:

*2012-2013:

BK Jēkabpils BK Jēkabpils is a professional basketball club based in Jēkabpils, Latvia, playing in the Latvian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League. It was founded in 2012 and since then the club is playing in LBL higher division. The club's hom ...

Political career

In the 2013 local elections, Vītols was elected for the Ķekava regional council on the Vidzemes party list, but he changed political allegiance in 2016 to the

Latvian Farmers' Union The Latvian Farmers' Union ( lv, Latvijas Zemnieku savienība, LZS) is an agrarian political party in Latvia. Initially formed in 1917 during the period of Latvian War of Independence, it was banned in 1934. It was re-established in 1990. It i ...

. In the 2017 local elections, he was elected to the Ķekava regional council on the LFU list. He was chosen to be the vice mayor. He failed to get elected as a candidate for the

in the 13th Latvian national elections. In September 2019, the

Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB; lv, Korupcijas novēršanas un apkarošanas birojs) is a specialised anti-corruption authority of Latvia. Its aim is to fight corruption in Latvia in a coordinated and comprehensive way throug ...

arrested A. Vītols, accusing him of possible bribery in connection with construction work. KNAB aizturējis Ķekavas mēra vietnieku Vītolu par kukuļošanu 30 000 eiro apmērā
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