Uvis Helmanis (born June 10, 1972) is a former Latvian professional basketball player who played at power forward position.

Helmanis can use his big body in the paint, especially on defense, but his most effective weapon is his ability to knock down the three-point shot.

After four good years at Bamberg, Helmanis came back to Latvia and celebrated his homecoming with "eternal" national champs BK Ventspils and showed all his best assets in the Baltic league and in ULEB Cup games.

After winning the Latvian Championship with Barons LMT in 2010 he retired as a player and became a head coach of the team.

[1] After unsuccessful results he was fired in midseason[2] and went to Poland to work for the assistant of Dainius Adomaitis, head coach of Czarni Słupsk.