# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/visvaldis-melderis
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:24:52.378Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/visvaldis-melderis"
name: "Visvaldis Melderis"
slug: "visvaldis-melderis"
description: "Visvaldis Melderis was a Latvian basketball player. Melderis won a gold medal at the 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming the first European champion. He participated also at the 1936 Summer Olympics and at the 1937 EuroBasket and EuroBasket 1939."
tagline: "Latvian basketball player (1915-1944)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1915-01-19"
deathDate: "1944-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.57
  momentum:             15.09259259259259
  historical:           9.603924
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Вісвалдіс Мелдеріс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ڤيسڤالديس ميلديريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvaldis_Melderis"
    title: "Visvaldis Melderis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvaldis_Melderis"
    title: "Visvaldis Melderis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvaldis_Melderis"
    title: "Visvaldis Melderis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "ویسوالدیس ملدریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvaldis_Melderis"
    title: "Visvaldis Melderis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvaldis_Melderis"
    title: "Visvaldis Melderis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvaldis_Melderis"
    title: "Visvaldis Melderis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvaldis_Melderis"
    title: "Visvaldis Melderis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Мелдерис, Висвалдис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2679416"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump