Rain Raadik
Estonian basketball player (born 1989)
Rain Raadik (born 17 May 1989) is an Estonian professional basketball player who plays for Valentino Basket Castellaneta of the Serie C Italian Basketball League. He is a 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall power forward and center. He also represented the Estonian national basketball team internationally.
Estonian national team
Raadik was a member of the junior Estonian national team that finished 12th in the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. He averaged 5.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
“Rain Raadik” enters the record as estonian basketball player (born 1989). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rain, Raadik and Estonian can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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