Gundars Yurievich Vetra [1] ( Latvian. Gundars Vētra ; born May 22, 1967 , Ventspils , Latvian SSR , USSR ) - Soviet and Latvian professional basketball player, played as an easy forward . Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Currently a basketball coach.
| Gundars of the Wind | |
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| Finished his career | |
| Position | Light forward |
| Height | 198 cm |
| The weight | 99 kg |
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Latvia |
| Date of Birth | May 22, 1967 (52 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Ventspils , Latvian SSR , USSR |
| NBA draft | not selected, 1989 |
Content
- 1 Career
- 1.1 Family
- 2 Trainer Achievements
- 3 Statistics
- 3.1 Statistics in the NBA
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Career
He made his debut in the major league of the USSR Basketball Championship at the age of 17 (1984/85 season), when he replaced the injured Valters in the VEF starting five.
He played for the USSR national team. Bronze medalist CHE-89. Silver medalist at the 1990 World Cup
During the pre-Olympic tournament in Spain, he signed a contract with the NBA club Minnesota Timberwolves . Immediately after the Olympics, 92 went to a new club. But a career in the NBA did not work out, according to the player, due to the unstable position of the head coaches in the team (there were two of them under the Wind) [2] . In total, he played only 13 games in the NBA, although he spent almost 1.5 years at Timberwolves. In December 1993, he signed a contract with the club of the Continental Basketball Association (KBA) Rochester Renegade.
In 1992, despite pressure from the Latvian Basketball Federation, Vetra and another famous Latvian basketball player, Igor Miglinieks, decided to play at the Olympic Games in Barcelona as part of the United Team , since its players had agreed to perform at the Olympics before the collapse of the USSR [3] . The combined team took fourth place in the tournament.
In 1994-1995 he played in Latvia for VEF-Adazi (Riga) and Broceni BC (Riga). In 1995, at the invitation of Stanislav Eremin, he moved to BC CSKA.
Four-time (1996, 1998-2000) champion of Russia as part of CSKA .
Champion of the North European Basketball League (NEBL) 2000 as part of CSKA.
He had a nickname in CSKA - "Gunch". Loves nature, travels. At one time he was fond of playing golf, but later interest disappeared. In an interview, Vetra said that he was attracted to golf by the fact that at first it was "something new" [4] . He prefers to spend his free time with his family. Favorite food is fruit. Favorite book - "The Master and Margarita ."
Family
Wife Argita. Daughters of Laura and Ruth.
Trainer Achievements
- FIBA Challenge Cup Winner [5] - 2006
- FIBA World League Winner 2007
- FIBA Women's Euroleague bronze medalist : 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2015
- Champion of Russia : 2009 , 2010 , 2011 .
- Silver medalist of the championship of Russia : 2008
- Russian Championship bronze medalist : 2015 , 2016
- Cup Winner of Russia : 2008 ; 2009 ; 2010 ; 2011 , 2015
Statistics
NBA Statistics
| Season | Team | Regular season | Playoff series | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | ||
| 1992/93 | Minnesota | 13 | 0 | 6.8 | 47.5 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0,0 | 3,5 | Did not participate | ||||||||||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 6.8 | 47.5 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0,0 | 3,5 | Did not participate | |||||||||||
| Hover over the abbreviations in the table heading to read their interpretation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ International Joint Biographical Center
- ↑ Gridasov Stanislav. Gundars Vetra: It is better to stand firmly on the earth than to no avail flying through the sky // Basketball from SE. - No. 2, December 1995. - p. 6.
- ↑ b-power
- ↑ Gundars of the Wind: I want every Spartak player to show their maximum capabilities. Archived copy of September 29, 2013 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ FIBA EuroCup Challenge (English)
Literature
- 100 years of Russian basketball: history, events, people: reference book / Compiled by V. B. Kvaskov. - M.: Soviet sport. - 274 p.: Ill. ISBN 5-9718-0175-9