Krauklis played in 28 games as the captain of the Latvian national team that won a silver medal in FIBA EuroBasket 1939 (in Kaunas, Lithuania). After World War II and the start of the second Soviet occupation of Latvia he played on the team of the Latvian SSR (1945–1949). Beginning from 1940, he worked as a player-coach. As a member of BK Rīga Starts (1933, 1938, 1943, 1944) and BK Daugava (1945–1948), he became the champion of Latvia 8 times.
In a 1990s interview, Krauklis said: "Frankly saying – these three Baltic states raised the European basketball. Now they say that its Spanish, and so what? Let them say... And I say – it's our merit!".[2]
Coachedit
From 1949 to 1958 Krauklis organized and managed BK Rīga „Spartaks” (in 1953 for a short period of time he was managing BK Rīga ASK). In 1958 on the basis of team BK Rīga Spartaks he formed the professional team BK VEF Rīga, with which he was connected until 1975. As the head coach of BK VEF Rīga, he won bronze medals in the USSR Championship in 1960. He coached the Latvian SSR team (20 games) and won medals at the Spartakiades of Peoples of the USSR. He was received the honor of Meritorious Coach of the USSR.
He also worked in Latvian youth basketball for 25 years, coaching the VEF Rīga junior team and a youth sports school. The sports school was later named after him.[3] It annually holds an international basketball tournament for youth, the Alfrēds Krauklis Memorial Tournament in Riga.[4]
Referencesedit
^"Human Alfreds Krauklis | A.Kraukļa piemiņas turnīrs". Retrieved 2019-07-09.
^"HISTORY – Alfrēda Kraukļa VEF Basketbola skola" (in Latvian). Retrieved 2019-07-09.
^"A.Kraukļa piemiņas turnīrs". alfredakrauklacup.lv. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
Other sourcesedit
. Godazale.basket.lv. Archived from the original on 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
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