Mārtiņš Grundmanis, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Latvian basketball player (1913-1945)
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About Mārtiņš Grundmanis
- Martinš Grundmanis (18 November 1913 – 30 November 1944) was a Latvian basketball player.
- Grundmanis won a gold medal at the 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming the first European champion.
- He also participated at the 1936 Summer Olympics and at the 1937 EuroBasket.In the first half of the 1930s Grundmanis played for the JKS (Latvian Christian Youth) team.
- He was also a member of the Latvian Christian Youth Society, and graduated from a four-year physical education program at the University of Tartu.
- In late 1930s Grundmanis played for the military team Rigas ASK, and became a two time Latvian champion (1939-1940).Overall Grundmanis played 20 games for the Latvian national basketball team.
- During Nazi occupation of Latvia during World War II, Grundmanis was conscripted into Latvian Legion.
- He was taken prisoner of war by Soviet Red Army in 1944.
- He committed suicide in 30 November 1944 at the German POW camp in Sarkandaugava, Riga.
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