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Jun 19, 1909 Riga, Latvia Died on 22 Jul 1948 (aged 39)
Latvian basketball player
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About Rdolfs Jurci
- Rudolfs Jurcinš (19 June 1909 – 22 July 1948) was a Latvian basketball player.
- He played as a center.
- Jurcinš 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.Jurcinš started to play basketball at the age of 15 in 1924.
- Before that he played football.
- He studied in the University of Latvia but didn't graduate.
- However he played for University basketball team Universitates sports from 1930 until 1937.
- He was 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 and deported to the GULAG camp in 1947.
- Rudolfs Jurcinš died on 22 July 1948 in Molotov Oblast, Soviet Union.
