Jānis Timma

**Jānis Timma** (2 July 1992 – 17 December 2024) was a Latvian professional basketball player. He was born in Krāslava, Latvia. His career lasted from 2008 until his death. He played for the Latvia men's national basketball team. He won a bronze medal at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

Timma married Russian-Ukrainian pop singer Anna Sedokova in 2020. In late 2024, Sedokova filed for a divorce.

Timma died on 17 December 2024 after jumping off a building in Moscow, Russia at the age of 32.

## Infobox (basketball biography)

- **name**: Jānis Timma
- **image**: Jānis Timma 6 - Saski Baskonia 20171215 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Timma with Saski Baskonia, Baskonia, in 2017
- **position**: Small forward
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 7
- **weight lb**: 227
- **number**: 3, 6, 10, 16, 31, 62
- **birth place**: Krāslava, Latvia
- **death place**: Moscow, Russia
- **draft year**: 2013
- **draft round**: 2
- **draft pick**: 60
- **draft team**: Memphis Grizzlies
- **career start**: 2008
- **career end**: 2024
- **years1**: 2008–2009
- **team1**: ASK Riga
- **years2**: 2009–2011
- **team2**: DSN Riga
- **years3**: 2011–2012
- **team3**: BK Liepājas Lauvas, Liepājas Lauvas
- **years4**: 2012–2014
- **team4**: BK Ventspils, Ventspils
- **years5**: 2014–2015
- **team5**: BK VEF Rīga, VEF Rīga
- **years6**: 2015–2017
- **team6**: BC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit Saint Petersburg
- **years7**: 2017–2018
- **team7**: Saski Baskonia, Baskonia
- **years8**: 2018–2019
- **team8**: Olympiacos B.C., Olympiacos
- **years9**: 2019
- **team9**: →BC Khimki, Khimki Moscow
- **years10**: 2019–2021
- **team10**: Khimki Moscow
- **years11**: 2021
- **team11**: BC UNICS, UNICS Kazan
- **years12**: 2021–22 NBA G League season, 2022
- **team12**: Lakeland Magic
- **years13**: 2022–2023
- **team13**: Grises de Humacao
- **years14**: 2023
- **team14**: Darüşşafaka Basketbol, Darüşşafaka
- **years15**: 2024
- **team15**: Obradoiro CAB, Monbus
Obradoiro
- **years16**: 2024
- **team16**: Alikson Team (3x3 Basketball, 3x3)
- **highlights**: * VTB United League Young Player of the Year (2014–15 VTB United League, 2015)
* 2× VTB United League Top Player, VTB United League Top Latvian Player (2014–15 VTB United League, 2015, 2015–16 VTB United League, 2016)
* VTB United League, All-VTB United League First Team (2015–16 VTB United League#All-VTB United League Teams, 2016)
* 2× VTB United League, All-VTB United League Second Team (2016–17 VTB United League, 2017, 2018–19 VTB United League, 2019)
* VTB United League All-Star Game, VTB United League Dunk Contest champion (2017 VTB United League All-Star Game, 2017)
* VTB United League All-Star (2017 VTB United League All-Star Game, 2017)
* Baltic Basketball League, Baltic League champion (2012–13 Baltic Basketball League, 2013)
* Baltic Basketball League, Baltic League Finals MVP (2012–13 Baltic Basketball League, 2013)
* 2× Latvian Basketball League, Latvian League champion (Latvian Basketball League, 2014, 2015)
* Latvian Basketball League, Latvian League Playoffs MVP (2014)
* 4× Latvian All-Star (2012–2015)
* Latvian All-Star Game MVP (2015)
* Latvian Dunk Contest champion (2014)
*Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, Latvian-Estonian League Best Defender (2015)
* 2× Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, Latvian-Estonian League Domestic Player of the Year (2014, 2015)
*2× Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, All-Latvian-Estonian League First Team (2014, 2015)
*Latvian–Estonian Basketball League, All-Latvian Estonian League Second Team (2013)