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Mike Dancis
Personal information
Birth nameMiķelis Reinis Dancis
NationalityAustralian
Born(1939-09-10)10 September 1939
Riga, Latvia
Died29 January 2020(2020-01-29) (aged 80)
Adelaide, South Australia
Sport
SportBasketball

Miķelis Reinis Dancis (10 September 1939 – 29 January 2020[1]) was a Latvian-born Australian basketball player. His brother, George Dancis, was also a basketball player. He represented Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2][3] Both Dancis brothers were awarded the Australian Sports Medal on 13 September 2000.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Legacy Latvian Olympian dies at 80 in Australia". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Mike Dancis Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. ^ The Night They Drove Old Lindsay Down
  4. ^ "Mr Mikelis DANCIS". It's an Honour. Australian Government. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Boti Nagy | Mike Dancis, the original Adelaide giant, has died".


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