Rūdolfs Jurciņš

Rūdolfs Jurciņš

Personal information
Born	(1909-06-19)19 June 1909 Riga, Russian Empire
Died	22 July 1948(1948-07-22) (aged 39) Molotov Oblast, Soviet Union
Nationality	Latvian
Career information
Playing career	1924–1940s
Position	Center
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Latvia EuroBasket 1935 Geneva National Team

Rūdolfs Jurciņš (19 June 1909 – 22 July 1948) was a Latvian basketball player. He played as a center.

Career

Jurciņš won a gold medal at the 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming first European champion. He participated at the 1936 Summer Olympics, where Latvia national basketball team got 15th/18th place.^[1]

Jurciņš started to play basketball at the age of 15 in 1924. Before that, he played football. He studied in the University of Latvia but did not graduate. However he played for University basketball team Universitātes sports from 1930 until 1937. He was a member of latvian student fraternity Beveronija. He became a six-time Latvian champion. His debut in Latvian national basketball team was in 1928. Overall, he played 23 games in the national team and was a team captain.

He was arrested in 1945^[2] and deported to the GULAG camp in 1947.^[3] Rūdolfs Jurciņš died on 22 July 1948 in Molotov Oblast, Soviet Union.

References

1. "Latvian Olympic Committee profile" (in Latvian). Olimpiade.lv. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
2. Personības Latvijas Universitātes sportā [Personalities in the Sports of the University of Latvia] (in Latvian). Latvijas Universitāte. 2004. pp. 110–112. ISBN 9789984725765.
3. Latvijas enciklopēdija. Rīga: "V. Belokon̦a izdevniecība". 2002. p. 224. ISBN 978-9984-9482-0-1.

External links

• "Rūdolfs Jūrciņš Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2012.