Latvia Basketball Association
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Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1923 |
President | Valdis Voins |
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Headquarters | Riga |
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Official website | basket.lv |
Latvia Basketball Association (Latvian: Latvijas Basketbola Savienība), also known as LBS, is a national governing body of basketball in Latvia. It was founded in 1923 and was one the FIBA Europe co-founders, but due to Soviet occupation, the federation disappeared from FIBA. Its headquarters are located in Riga.[1]
Presidents
- Fricis Ķergalvis (1923—1925)
- Roberts Plūme (1925—1935)
- Alfrēds Ivanovskis (1935—1936)
- Eduards Ceplītis (1936—1937)
- Eduards Lapiņš (1937—1940)
- Edgars Ošiņš (1940—1941)
- Osvalds Porietis (1942—1943)
- Eduards Andersons (1943—1944)
- Jānis Augusts (1944—1945)
- Augusts Raubens (1945—1946)
- Edgars Ošiņš (1946—1949)
- Arnolds Brambergs (1949—1950)
- Viesturs Baldzēns (1950—1951)
- Ādolfs Runcis (1951—1956)
- Miervaldis Ramāns (1956—1971)
- Artūrs Punenovs (1971—1989)
- Uldis Grāvītis (1989—1992)
- Indulis Ozols (1992—1997)
- Ojārs Kehris (1997—2011)
- Valdis Voins (2011—present)