The media reports that the body of the 32-year-old basketball player was found in the stairwell of a residential building in the center of Moscow. On the other hand, the media “Meduza” informs that the Russian agencies “TASS” and “RIA Novosti” have confirmed the suicide of Timma.
The Latvian Basketball Association (LBS) also confirmed the death of the Latvian basketball player on the “x.com” website.
Jānis Timma, a former Latvian men’s national basketball team player, passed away at the age of 32.
Deepest condolences to the loved ones!
Timma has represented Latvian youth national teams in his career, as part of the U18 team in 2010 he won the bronze medal of the European Junior Championship… pic.twitter.com/KEp0ATdjac
— Latvian Basketball Association (@basketbol) December 17, 2024
In October, Timma chose to continue his basketball career in a tournament organized by the Russian bookmaker “Liga Stavok”, representing the “Alikson” team.
Timma, who played his first game in the national team in 2014, has played 35 official games in the shirt of the Latvian national team, scoring 338 points, and in total the basketball player has participated in 56 games of the Latvian national team, scoring 513 points.
The basketball player started the last season in the ranks of Istanbul “Darushşafaka” in the Turkish championship, but finished the season together with Jānis Strēlnieks in the Spanish Premier League club “Obradoiro” of Santiago de Campos.
The basketball player spent part of the 2022/2023 season without a club and made his debut in the Puerto Rico Championship in the ranks of Umacao “Grises”, but after four games, Timma and the club parted ways. After that, the Latvian basketball player spent the season in the “Big3” league in the “Aliens” unit.
On the other hand, in the first half of the 2021/2022 season, the Kraslav player was part of the Russian club Kazan “Unics”, playing three Euroleague matches in this unit. He spent the second half of the season with the Lakeland Magic of the G League of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Abroad, the basketball player has also played in Piraeus “Olympiakos”, St. Petersburg “Zenit”, Vittoria “Baskonia” and Moscow Region “Khimki” teams. During his career, Timma has also represented the Latvian teams “ASK Rīga”, ASK/”Juniors”, “Liepājas lauvas”, “Ventspils” and “VEF Rīga”.
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