Ieva Tāre Explained

Ieva Tāre (born March 15, 1974, in Riga) is a former Latvian women's basketball player who has represented SK Cēsis and Latvia women's national basketball team.

Tāre was trained by the current Latvian national women's team coach Ainars Zvirgzdiņš since her school years.[1] She joined SK Cēsis, her current team, in 2008 shortly after the end of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2] [3] Previously she had played for TTT/Rīga, as well as several other local and foreign clubs before 2000.[4] In the early 1990s, Tāre turned down an offer to play in the United States due to her poor English skills.

Tāre is married to a former Latvian national rugby team player named Juris. From December 2005 to March 2007 Tāre did not play due to pregnancy and care for her newborn son, Emīls. She turned down an offer from SK Cēsis and returned to TTT/Rīga afterwards.

Tāre has played for the Latvian women's national basketball team in three EuroBasket Women championships, including the 2007 championship where she assisted the team in its way to the 4th place. In total she has represented the team in more than a hundred games.[5] She has also represented the USSR women's U-16 national team and became the European U-16 champion. The championship was held in Portugal.

During the qualification for 2008 Summer Olympics, in the final game versus Angola, Tāre suffered a serious arm injury,[6] later confirmed to be both a broken arm and a dislocated elbow.[7] She was rushed off court by the medical team. Thanks to a speedy recovery programme she was able to play in the Olympics.[8]

On April 9, 2010, Tāre announced that she retired from sport.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ieva Tāre soli līdz sapņa piepildījumam . Ieva Tāre a step towards fulfilling her dream . NRA.lv . Latvian . Riekstiņa, Justīne . 24 May 2008 . 23 September 2008.
  2. Web site: Tāre: "Galvenais ir paspēt saspēlēties" . Tāre: "The main thing is to be able to play together" . eSports.lv . Latvian . Siliņš, Andrejs . 20 September 2008 . 22 September 2008.
  3. Ieva Tāre . https://web.archive.org/web/20161204015100/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/ieva-tare-1.html . 4 December 2016.
  4. Web site: Tāre: "Vienmēr gribu būt labāka" . Tāre: "I always want to be better" . eSports.lv . Latvian . Noviks, Māris . 16 March 2008 . 22 September 2008.
  5. Web site: Ieva Tāre . EuroBasket Women 2007 . 23 September 2008.
  6. Web site: Tārei elkoņa locītavas izmežģījums . Tāre's elbow joint dislocation . eSports.lv . Latvian . Bērziņš, Edgars . 13 June 2008 . 22 September 2008.
  7. Web site: Basketbolistes brauc uz Pekinu! . Basketball players are going to Beijing! . Ģirts blogo . Latvian . 14 June 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080627144415/http://ghirts.nee.lv/2008/06/14/basketbolistes-brauc-uz-pekinu/ . 27 June 2008 . 23 September 2008.
  8. Web site: Debitantes ar nopietniem nolūkiem . Debutantes with serious intentions . eSports.lv . Latvian . Noviks, Māris . 10 August 2008 . 22 September 2008.
  9. Web site: Tāre noslēdz spēlētājas karjeru . Tare ends her playing career . sportacentrs.com . Latvian . Noviks, Māris . 12 April 2010 . 24 August 2018.

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