Jaak Lipso
Personal information | |
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Born | Tallinn, Estonia | April 18, 1940
Nationality | Estonian |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 209 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 1962: undrafted |
Playing career | 1956–1981 |
Position | Center |
Career history | |
1956–1960 | TRÜ |
1960–1961 | Rīgas ASK |
1961–1969 | CSKA Moscow |
1969–1981 | Tallinna Kalev |
Jaak Lipso (born April 18, 1940) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the only Estonian basketball player who has won two medals at the Olympic Games.[1] Lipso has also won two medals at the FIBA World Championship and he is a three-time Eurobasket champion with the Soviet Union national basketball team.[2] He was a member of the Soviet Union national team from 1961 to 1970. After his active career Lipso became a basketball coach.[3]
Club career
Lipso's career started at the age of 16 in 1956 when he joined TRÜ basketball team (now Tartu Ülikool/Rock). He played there for four seasons winning two Soviet Estonian titles (1958, 1959). After that he played a season in Rīgas ASK in Soviet Latvia before moving to European powerhouse CSKA Moscow. He spent the next eight years in the team winning two Euroleague titles (1963, 1969) and six USSR League championship titles (1962–1966, 1969). Lipso then moved to Tallinna Kalev for two years and then to Harju KEK winning two more Soviet Estonian titles (1974, 1979).
Achievements
National Team
Club
- Euroleague Championship: 1963, 1969
- Soviet Union League Championship: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969
- Estonian SSR Championship: 1958, 1959, 1971, 1974, 1979
References
- ^ "Jaak Lipso Biography and Statistics Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine". Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 2009-02-05
- ^ "Jaak Lipso". FIBA Europe. Retrieved on 2009-02-05
- ^ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3, p. 252.
Books
- Lääne, Tiit (2006). Eesti olümpiamedalivõitjad 1912–2006. Eesti Olümpiakomitee. pp. 132–133. ISBN 9949-427-25-8.
- Lään, Vello; Ibrus, Märt (2006). Eesti korvpall portreed. Eesti Korvpalliliit. pp. 143–158. ISBN 9949-406-68-4.
External links
- 1940 births
- Living people
- ASK Riga players
- Sportspeople from Tallinn
- Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- FIBA EuroBasket-winning players
- Estonian men's basketball players
- Korvpalli Meistriliiga players
- Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- PBC CSKA Moscow players
- Soviet men's basketball players
- Tartu Ülikool/Rock players
- Estonian basketball coaches
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- FIBA World Championship-winning players
- Centers (basketball)