Jānis Krūmiņš
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Jānis Krūmiņš was a Soviet-Latvian professional basketball player. Helped by his height, he was the first giant center that dominated under European baskets, for years. As a player of the senior Sovie
Jānis Krūmiņš at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Vladimir Tkachenko
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Vladimir Petrovich Tkachenko is a retired Soviet and Russian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Summer Olympic Games medals and three FIBA World Cup medals with the senior men's Soviet
Jānis Krūmiņš
…A Russian poll that was conducted in 2006, named Krūmiņš as the 3rd most popular Soviet men's basketball player of all time, after Arvydas Sabonis and Vladimir Tkachenko. Jānis Krūmiņš was born on 30 January 1930, in Raiskums Parish, Cēsis district, Latvia. His father was a big strong man, who died when Jānis was still…
Vladimir Tkachenko