High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Valdis Mui nieks (born February 22, 1935 in Riga, Latvia) is a retired Latvian basketball player. He played for ASK Riga and won 3 Euroleague titles (1958, 1959, 1960) and 4 national championships (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958). Playing for Soviet national team Mui nieks won 3 gold medals at Eurobasket 1957, Eurobasket 1959, Eurobasket 1961 and 3 silver medals at Olympic Games 1956, 1960, 1964.