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Raimonds Elbakjans (born 13 May 1986) is a former Latvian basketball player who founded an international youth movement Ghetto Games. He is the leader and the main fundraiser in the non-government organization of multi-sport events Ghetto Games.
After his basketball career, he decided to create basketball tournaments for himself and his friends – Ghetto Basket. In two years, the Ghetto Basket movement turned into the Ghetto Games. Later, more active sport leaders joined the movement, to be united under one street sport family – Ghetto Games. Since then Elbakjans is the leader of multi-sport event movement Ghetto Games.
Ghetto Games is a non-government organization of multi-sport events, youth street sports, and cultural movement that includes 3x3 basketball, 3x3
2014 TEDxRiga 2014 winner
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Medicine for the ghetto , Raimonds Elbakjans , TEDxRiga
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elbakjans, Raimonds 1986 births Living people Latvian basketball players
Career
Raimonds Elbakjans was born on May 13, 1986, inRiga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
. He began to play basketball for Riga's children and youth sports school “Ridzene” from 1994 till 2002, where he played with 1984 and 1985 years born teammates. He played in the Latvian National Basketball U18 Team, then in 2005 in the youth club, in ASKA Riga. But due to his health condition he was forced to quit professional basketball.
Ghetto Games
After his basketball career, he decided to create basketball tournaments for himself and his friends – Ghetto Basket. In two years, the Ghetto Basket movement turned into the Ghetto Games. Later, more active sport leaders joined the movement, to be united under one street sport family – Ghetto Games. Since then Elbakjans is the leader of multi-sport event movement Ghetto Games.
Ghetto Games is a non-government organization of multi-sport events, youth street sports, and cultural movement that includes 3x3 basketball, 3x3 football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
, 3x3 floorball
Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with sticks and a plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role ...
, Ghetto Fight, Street Dance - Ghetto Dance, and such extreme sports as BMX
BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross or bike motocross, is a cycle sport performed on BMX bikes, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX, or else in general street or off-road recreation.
History
BMX began during the earl ...
, Skateboarding, Extreme Inline, Scooters, Wakeboarding and other.
Personal life
Elbakjans has two sons Robert Elbakjans and Rodrigo Elbakjans, also a daughter Adriana Elbakjana. In January 2021, Elbakjans married in Georgia to Tamara Bagdavadze.Honors
* 2016 European Commissions initiated award – #BeActive: Local Hero Award winner * 2014 TEDxRiga 2014 winner/ref>
References
External links
Medicine for the ghetto , Raimonds Elbakjans , TEDxRiga
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elbakjans, Raimonds 1986 births Living people Latvian basketball players