Prior to College
Competed for Real Madrid in Spain’s Liga ACB (also referred to as Liga Endesa) … in May 2026 at the U18 Adidas Next Generation Tournament in Greece, averaged 12.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists in six games with Real Madrid – shot 51.1 percent overall and 37.5 percent from 3-point distance as one of two players on his team to average at least 25 minutes per contest … competed in EuroLeague for Real Madrid following the ACB league (2026) … in addition, trained with Latvia’s senior national team in the summer of 2026, competing in various exhibition games … playing for Latvia at the FIBA U16 Eurobasket tournament in Tbilisi, Georgia, averaged 9.6 points, 4.6 rebound and 1.4 assists per game.
Personal
Gunārs Grīnvalds is pronounced GOO-naars GREEN-vahlds … was born in Jūrmala, Latvia, which is also his hometown (city is pronounced YUR-mah-lah) … is fluent in three languages (Latvian, English and Spanish), with Latvian being his first language and English as his second language … is the oldest of three children … parents are Elīna (mother) and Kaspars (father) … younger sisters are named Gundega and Grēta … father, Kaspars, competed for Latvia’s youth national teams at the U16 and U18 age divisions … moved to Madrid, Spain, at the age of 13 and spent approximately five years living there … undeclared major.
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