Maigonis Valdmanis (September 8, 1933 – October 30, 1999) was a Soviet and Latvian basketball player and coach. He was born in

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

. He played for Rīgas ASK and won three Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and four Soviet national league championships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958). Playing for the USSR national basketball team Maigonis Valdmanis won three gold medals at

EuroBasket 1957 The 1957 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1957, was the tenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FI ...

, EuroBasket 1959, EuroBasket 1961, and silver medals at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.

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biography at Rīgas ASK homepage
(Latvian)
basketpedya.comrigasask.lv
1933 births 1999 deaths Basketball players from Riga Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour ASK Riga players BK VEF Rīga players Latvian men's basketball players Soviet men's basketball players 1959 FIBA World Championship players Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics FIBA EuroBasket–winning players Olympic medalists in basketball Latvian basketball coaches Latvian sports coaches Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub