Valdis Muižnieks

{{short description|Latvian basketball player}}

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| birth_date = February 22, 1935

| birth_place = Riga, Latvia

| death_date = November 29, 2013

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| nationality = Latvian

| height_cm = 183

| weight_kg = 77

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| career_start = 1951

| career_end = 1969

| career_position = Shooting guard

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| years1 = 1951

| team1 = Dinamo Riga

| years2 = 1954–1964

| team2 = Rīgas ASK

| years3 = 1964–1969

| team3 = Rigas VEF

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• 3× EuroLeague champion (1958, 1959, 1960)
• 4× Soviet national champion (1955–1958)

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{{MedalSport|Men's Basketball}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{URS}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|1956 Melbourne | Team Competition}}

{{MedalSilver|1960 Rome | Team Competition}}

{{MedalSilver|1964 Tokyo | Team Competition}}

{{MedalCompetition|EuroBasket}}

{{MedalGold|1957 Bulgaria | Soviet Union}}

{{MedalGold|1959 Turkey | Soviet Union}}

{{MedalGold|1961 Yugoslavia | Soviet Union}}

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Valdis Muižnieks (February 22, 1935 – November 29, 2013) was a Latvian basketball player.{{cite web|url=http://www.apollo.lv/zinas/muziba-aizgajis-legendarais-basketbolists-valdis-muiznieks/624802 |title=Mūžībā aizgājis leģendārais basketbolists Valdis Muižnieks |date=29 November 2013 |publisher=Apollo.lv |access-date=2013-11-30}}

Muižnieks was born in Riga. He played for Rīgas ASK and won 3 Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and 4 Soviet national championships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958). Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR (1959).

Playing for Soviet national team, Muižnieks won 3 gold medals at Eurobasket 1957, Eurobasket 1959, Eurobasket 1961, and 3 silver medals at the Olympic Games (1956, 1960, 1964).