- Jānis Krūmiņš
Jānis Krūmiņš ( _ru. Ян Янович Круминь, Yan Yanovich Krumin′;
January 30 ,1930 in Raiskums township,Cēsis District ,Latvia –November 20 ,1994 ) was aSoviet Latvianbasketball player. Helped by his height (220 cm), he was the first giant center dominating under the European baskets, for years.He played for
ASK Riga and won 3 European champion cups (1958 ,1959 and 1960) and 4 USSR championships (1955, 1956, 1957 and 1958).As a player of Soviet national team Krūmiņš won 3 gold medals at the 1959, 1961 and 1963 European championships as well as 3 silver medals at the 1956, 1960 and 1956 Olympics|1964 Olympic basketball tournament.
External links
* [http://www.rigaask.lv/lv/legendas/jniskrmi?lgnd=2&contStart=189 profile at ASK (Riga) site]
* [http://www.basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=6177&idioma=3 Career at basketpedya.com]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/janis-krumins-1.html Olympic career at sports-reference.com]
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