Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa Explained

Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa
Birth Date:2 May 1930
Birth Place:Smiltene, Latvia
Death Place:Riga, Latvia
Height M:1.70
Weight Kg:60
High School:Riga No. 5 (Riga, Latvia)
College:LVFKI
Career Start:1947
Career End:1963
Career Position:Point guard
Coach Start:1965
Coach End:1979
Years1:1947–1958
Team1:Daugava Riga
Years2:1958–1963
Team2:TTT Riga
Cyears1:1965–1979
Cteam1:TTT Riga (assistant)
Highlights:As player:

As assistant coach:

  • 10× EuroLeague Women's champion (1965–1975)
  • 11× Soviet League champion (1966, 1968–1973, 1975–1977, 1979)
  • 3× Latvian League champion (1965, 1967, 1968)

Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa (née Uztupe; 2 May 1930 – 27 December 2014) was a Latvian basketball player and coach.[1] [2] During her career Uztupe-Karamiševa won three FIBA European Champions Cups and four Soviet League titles. She represented the Soviet Union national team and won four EuroBasket tournaments.

Career

Uztupe was born on 2 May 1930 in Smiltene, Latvia, and spent her youth in the Pārdaugava area of Riga. She attended the Riga Secondary School No. 5 where she took up basketball, volleyball and track and field. She held the Latvian record in high jump among girls and was the champion in both high jump and volleyball.[3]

Uztupe joined Daugava Riga in 1947 and played with the team until 1958. In 1958, she joined TTT Riga and served as the team's captain. She won the FIBA European Champions Cup three times and became a Soviet League champion in four consecutive seasons.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa . basket.lv . 12 April 2020 . lv-LV.
  2. Web site: Mirusi pazīstamā Latvijas basketboliste Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa . delfi.lv . 6 June 2015 . lv-LV . 27 December 2014.
  3. Ošiņš . Ivars . Tolai, kad Cālis bija jauns... . Sporta Avīze . 18 May 2010 . 20 . 745 . 32–35 . SIA "Mediju nams" . Rīga . lv-LV . 1691-0451.
  4. Book: Keisels . Guntis . Latvijas basketbola vēsture . 1998 . Jumava . 9984-05-187-0 . 312–313.