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Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa
Personal information
Born(1930-05-02)2 May 1930
Smiltene, Latvia
Died27 December 2014(2014-12-27) (aged 84)
Riga, Latvia
Listed height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Listed weight60 kg (132 lb)
Career information
High schoolRiga No. 5 (Riga, Latvia)
CollegeLVFKI
Playing career1947–1963
PositionPoint guard
Coaching career1965–1979
Career history
As player:
1947–1958Daugava Riga
1958–1963TTT Riga
As coach:
1965–1979TTT Riga (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
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)
Medals
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1957 Brazil Team competition
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1952 Soviet Union Team competition
Gold medal – first place 1954 Yugoslavia Team competition
Gold medal – first place 1956 Czechoslovakia Team competition
Gold medal – first place 1962 France Team competition

Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa (née Uztupe; 2 May 1930 – 27 December 2014) was a Latvian basketball player and coach. 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.

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.

References

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