Kaspars

	Kaspars Kaspars is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate to the German name Kaspar and English name Casper and may refer to: * Kaspars Astašenko (born 1975), Latvian ice hockey player * Kaspars Bērziņš (born 1985), Latvian basketball player Kaspars Cipruss (born 1982), Latvian basketball player Kaspars Daugaviņš (born 1988), Latvian ice hockey player Kaspars Dubra (born 1990), Latvian football defender Kaspars Dumpis (born 1982), Latvian luger and Olympic competitor * Kaspars Dumbris (born 1985), Latvian biathlete * Kaspars Gerhards (1969), Latvian politician Kaspars Gorkšs (born 1981), Latvian footballer Kaspars Ikstens (born 1988), Latvian footballer Kaspars Kambala (born 1978), Latvian basketball player Kaspars Liepiņš (born 1984), Latvian sidecarcross rider Kaspars Ozers (born 1968), Latvian cyclist Kaspars Petrovs (born 1978), Latvian convicted serial killer Kaspars Saulietis (born 1987), Latvian ice hockey player Kaspars Stupelis (born 1982), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaspars Gorkšs Kaspars Gorkšs (born 6 November 1981) is a Latvian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Gorkšs was also the captain of the Latvia national football team, Latvia national team. From 2018 to 2019 Gorkšs served as president of the Latvian Football Federation. Gorkšs firstly established himself in his native Latvia before moving to English football in 2006 with Blackpool F.C., Blackpool. He has twice won promotion to the Premier League, with Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers and Reading F.C., Reading. Club career Early career Born in Riga, Gorkšs began his career at FK Auda, scoring nine goals in 77 appearances. After a week-long trial, he joined Swedish club, Östers IF in December 2002, playing in the Allsvenskan, the Swedish top flight. He moved to Assyriska Föreningen in 2005, who were then in the Allsvenskan. He moved back to Latvia in 2006, signing for FK Ventspils, and he scored five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaspars Kambala Kaspars Kambala (born 13 December 1978) is a Latvian former professional basketball player and a former professional boxer. Standing at , he plays at the position of forward-center. High school A 1997 graduate of Homestead High School in Mequon, Wisconsin and a native of Riga, Latvia. He averaged 21 points and 12 rebounds in his senior season (1996–97) and earned All-Wisconsin honors, all-state, MVP of the Northshore Conference and all-county. Homestead compiled a 16-9 overall record and finished second in conference. Kambala played in the Eddie Jones Classic All-Star game, which was held at the Pyramid in Long Beach, California, on 15 April 1997. College Kambala played college basketball at UNLV from 1997 to 2001. He led the team in scoring in 1999–2000 (18.5 average) and 2000–01 (16.9). He finished up in 2001 as the program's 10th all-time highest scorer and ranks fourth on the school's all-time rebounding list, leading the team in boards in three of his four seasons on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaspars Bērziņš Kaspars Bērziņš (born 25 August 1985) is a Latvian professional basketball player. He has also represented the senior Latvian national team. Professional career Kaspars started playing basketball in his hometown of Ogre. Later, he played for Skonto Riga, debuting in the 2002–2003 season. His role increased in 2003–2004, when he averaged 7.3 points and 3.3 rebounds for Skonto in the LBL and 7.3 points and 3.0 rebounds in the FIBA Europe League, now known as the FIBA EuroCup. In both of those seasons, Bērziņš played together with Andris Biedriņš. In 2004, both of them left Skonto. Biedriņš was drafted in the NBA by the Golden State Warriors, while Bērziņš moved to Spain, where he joined Unicaja Málaga. He briefly played for Unicaja's first team, where he competed in one game in the ACB league, scoring two points, but most of his season was spent with the junior team in the EBA, Spain's second division. For the 2004–2005 season, Bērziņš moved back to Latvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaspars Daugaviņš Kaspars Daugaviņš (born May 18, 1988) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player who most recently played for HK Dukla Michalovce of the Slovak Extraliga. Daugaviņš has played professionally in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins. The Senators selected him in the first round, 3rd overall, in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career As a youth, Daugaviņš played in the 2002 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Riga. Professional After the Toronto St. Michael's Majors failed to qualify for the playoffs in the 2006–07 season, the Ottawa Senators assigned Daugaviņš to the Binghamton Senators to finish the 2006–07 AHL season. In 11 games with Binghamton, Daugaviņš had two goals, both coming against the Albany River Rats goaltender Tyler Weiman in a 5–4 Binghamton win. On June 1, 2007, Daugaviņš signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators. He spent the 2009–10 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaspars Vecvagars Kaspars Vecvagars (born 3 August 1993) is a former Latvian professional basketball player and currently an assistant coach An athletic coach is a person coaching in sport, involved in the direction, instruction, and training of a sports team or athlete. History The original sense of the word ''Coach'' is that of a Coach (carriage), horse-drawn carriage, deriving ul ... for Valmiera Glass ViA. Professional career On 25 January 2023, Vecvagars signed a 5-week contract with Heroes Den Bosch, with an option for an extension. After his experience in Netherlands, Kaspars call it a day in his player career and immediately started coaching. National team career Vecvagars and the Latvian national team secured third place in the 2010 European U-18 Championship. Vecvagars has represented the Latvian national youth team in several competitions, including 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. Vecvagars was a member of Latvia national team in EuroBasket 2015. References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaspars Dubra Kaspars Dubra (born 20 December 1990) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a defender for the Latvia national team. Club career Skonto Riga Dubra started playing football at the age of seven, as a youth player he played for Skonto Riga academy JFC Skonto. In 2007, he was taken to the first team by that time manager Paul Ashworth, but didn't appear on the pitch that season. Before the start of the 2008 season Dubra was loaned out to another Latvian Higher League club located in Riga JFK Olimps. He played 25 matches through the season and managed to score twice. In 2009 Dubra was taken back to Skonto, but, playing only one match, was once again loaned to Olimps, playing 9 games and scoring once during this loan spell. In 2010, Dubra was one of several Olimps players to be taken to Skonto by the club's new manager Aleksandrs Starkovs. Dubra made a surprisingly good impact and earned himself a place in the starting line-up right after joining. Being one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaspars Liepiņš Kaspars Liepiņš (born 11 October 1984 in Cēsis)Joris Hendrickx official website accessed: 14 September 2009 is a Latvia n sidecarcross rider and the 2009 World Champion, won as the passenger of the Belgian [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaspars Stupelis Kaspars Stupelis (born 7 July 1982) is a Latvian sidecarcross passenger and quadruple World Champion. Stupelis won the 2015 and 2019 World Championship as passenger of Etienne Bax. His previous two world championships were gained when being the passenger in Daniël Willemsen's team. In his time with Willemsen, he also won two Dutch titles in 2003 and 2004, an achievement repeated at the side of Bax in 2012, 2014 and 2015. Sidecarcross world championship results Kaspars Stupelis entered the sidecarcross world championship as a passenger for his fellow Latvian driver Modris Štelle in 2001. His first two seasons alongside Štelle were not particularly successful and it came as a surprise when the reigning world champion, Daniël Willemsen, picked him as his passenger for the 2003 season. The team was successful from the start, winning the first race of the season in Talavera de la Reina, Spain on 6 April 2003. It was Stupelis first race victory and he gained another 30 in this an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaspars Dumbris Kaspars Dumbris (born 25 February 1985 in Cēsis) is a retired Latvian biathlete. He competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics for Latvia. His lone race was the individual, where he finished 73rd. As of February 2013, his best performance at the Biathlon World Championships, is 12th, in the 2007 men's relay. His best individual performance is 41st, in the 2008 sprint. As of February 2013, his best Biathlon World Cup finish is 7th, as part of the Latvian men's relay team at Oberhof in 2009/10. His best individual finish is 48th, in the individual at Pokljuka The Pokljuka Plateau () is a forested karst plateau at an elevation of around , located in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia. The plateau is known for its forests, pasture, mountain pastures (Javornik, Lipanca, Uskovnica, Zajamniki, etc ... in 2007/08. References External links * * * * * 1985 births Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Latvian male biathletes Living people Olympic biathletes fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaspars Cipruss Kaspars Cipruss (born February 2, 1982) is a former Latvian basketball player. He is the current General Secretary of the Latvian Basketball Association. Club career Born in Rēzekne, Latvia, Cipruss started his basketball career in Latvian powerhouse ASK/Brocēni/LMT in 1998. After extinction of the team he had a brief spell in Latvian team BK Gulbenes Buki. In 2000, he drew interest from Rutgers, Wake Forest, North Carolina State, Georgia Tech, UNLV and Boston College. Cipruss signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Rutgers, but he had letter-of-intent problem, so he decided instead to play professionally in Europe. Therefore, he moved to Italy, joining Lega Basket Serie A team Pallacanestro Trieste. Soon after he signed a 3-year contract with Slovenian Euroleague team KK Union Olimpija, but was loaned to KD Slovan. Since then he has played professional basketball in Poland, various levels in Spain, United Arab Emirates, Czech Republic, Estonia and Lithuania. On 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaspars Astašenko Kaspars Astašenko (17 February 1975 – 20 November 2012) was a Latvian professional ice hockey player. Astašenko was born in Riga, Latvia. Astašenko was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, 127th overall. Astašenko played parts of two seasons in the National Hockey League with the Lightning. Playing career Junior Astašenko began his career in his native Riga with HK Pārdaugava Rīga, competing in both the Latvian top league and later to Russian Superleague before signing with Russian club, HC CSKA Moscow in 1995. North America In 1998, Astašenko signed with the Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League. After a stint with the Cyclones, Astašenko was surprisingly drafted by Tampa Bay and went on to play 23 regular games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Lightning as well as playing for the IHL's Detroit Vipers and Long Beach Ice Dogs. He later played in the American Hockey League for the Springfield Falcons and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaspars Znotiņš Kaspars Znotiņš (born 7 October 1975) is a Latvian stage and film actor. Born in Jelgava, Latvia, Znotiņš began his career working on the New Riga Theatre, and has performed in stage productions at the Latvian National Theatre and Daile Theatre. Znotiņš has also appeared in a number of Latvian films, such as the 2010 Gatis Šmits-directed comedy-drama '' Return of Sergeant Lapins''. In 2010, he won the Season Award (Latvian: ''Spēlmaņu nakts''), an annual award bestowed upon to the best Latvian dramatic stage actor by the Latvian Theatre Union (LTDS) for his role in '' Ziedonis un visums'' (''Ziedonis and the Universe''). In 2017, he won the Lielais Kristaps ''Lielais Kristaps'' is the highest award given in Latvian cinema. Established in 1977, it is given out at the ''Latvian National Film Festival''. Due to different reasons, the festival has not been held in 1992, 1994 to 1995, 1997 and 1999 ... Award for Best Actor for his role as Francis in the Aik Kara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]