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persona -Kristaps Porziņģis


Kas viņš ir? –
Kristaps Porziņgis (born on August 2, 1995 in Liepāja) is a
Latvian basketball player who plays as a power forward. In
2022, he represent the Washington "Wizards"club of the
National Basketball Association (NBA).

Sasniegumi-
He started playing basketball in Liepājas Sports School. In 2012,
at the age of 17, he made his debut in the Spanish basketball
league club Sevilla "Cajasol".
In April 2014, Porzingis applied for the 2014 NBA draft, but later
withdrew his application.
In April 2015, he confirmed his participation in the 2015 NBA
draft.
K.P. laukums liepājā-
The first square in Liepāja
was opened in mid-June
2016.The basketball court is
designed according to NBA
parameters. the height of
the basketball hoop is
3.05m. Spectator stands
with 150 seats are located
on the edge of the field for the convenience of visitors.
2.persona- Matiss Kivilnieks
Kas viņš ir?-
Matīss Edmunds Kivlenieks (26 August 1996 – 4 July 2021) was a Latvian
professional hockey goaltender who played for Prizma Riga of the Latvian Hockey
Higher League (LHL), the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL),
and the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 2012
and 2021. Kivlenieks died on 4 July 2021 after being accidentally struck by fireworks

Sasniegumi-
Despite going undrafted after his final season with the Sioux City Musketeers,
Kivlenieks signed a three-year, entry-level contract in May 2017 with the Columbus
Blue Jackets worth $2,497,500.] The following season, he was assigned to the minors,
joining the Blue Jackets' American Hockey League affiliate team, the Cleveland
Monsters.
Kivlenieks was first selected to the senior Latvian national team, serving as the third-
string goaltender at the 2018 IIHF World Championship. He later made his World
Championship debut with Latvia as the host country of the 2021 IIHF World
Championship. Kivlenieks was used as the starting goaltender as he led Latvia to its
first ever win over Canada and also its first loss against Kazakhstan during the group
phase
Kivlenieks played for Prizma Riga in the season of 2011–12. That was his only season
with the team, and he only played one game with a 9.52 goals against average (GAA).
They decided not to keep him, and he went to the Prizma U18 team, where he played as
a third-string goaltender, playing only 12 games, but had a 2.6 GAA.

His death-
On 4 July 2021, Kivlenieks was fatally injured during a fireworks malfunction while at the
home of Blue Jackets' goaltending coach

After the seventh shot, it tipped and then the eighth shot went over the hot tub and that's
when people started to scramble and it was the last shot that hit him.

During the memorial service in honor of Kivlenieks on 15 July, Merzļikins revealed that
Kivlenieks protected others, including Merzļikins' wife and their unborn child, from the
errant fireworks mortar shell that fatally struck him in the chest.

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