Džems Raudziņš, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Džems Raudziņš

Latvian basketball player

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1910

Place of Birth: Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1979

Profession: basketball player

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Džems Raudzinš (1 December 1910 – 13 December 1979) was a Latvian basketball player.
Raudzinš won a gold medal at the 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming the first European champion.
He participated also at the 1936 Summer Olympics and at the 1937 EuroBasket.Raudzinš was born in Harbin, Manchuria where during the first half of the 20th century a notable Latvian community existed.
After the First World War his family returned to Latvia.
Raudzinš studied law at the University of Latvia and besides basketball worked at the Latvian Ministry of Interior in the 1930s. Raudzinš played basketball since late 1920s.
He played most of his career for the university team Universitates Sports and became a five time Latvian champion (1930; 1934-1937).
He also participated in 1933 International University Games where the Latvian team won the silver medal and in University games in 1935 where Latvia won gold. Overall Raudzinš played eighteen games for the Latvian national team.
In 1944 Raudzinš emigrated to Germany and later to Australia where he settled in Perth and worked as an accountant.
He died in Perth on 13 December 1979.
His daughter Ilze Raudzinš played basketball for the Western Australian team in the Australian championship.