Andris Blicavs (born 30 July 1954) is an Australian retired
basketball
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player.
Biography
Blicavs was born in
New Zealand
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to
Latvia
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n immigrant parents. He grew up in
Adelaide
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and
Melbourne
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. His sister
Ilze
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* Ilze Blicavs, former Australian women's basketball player
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also played the game at elite level.
Blicavs played for the
Australia men's national basketball team
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during the 1970s. He competed for Australia at the
1974 World Championship in
Puerto Rico
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and the
1978 World Championship in the
Philippines
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. Blicavs also represented Australia at the
1976 Olympic Games in
Montreal
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.
Blicavs is married to former
Opals
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player
Karen Ogden
Karen Ogden (married name: Blicavs) is a former Australian women's basketball player.FIBA Archive. 1983 World Championship for WomenPlayer Profile: Karen Ogden Retrieved 2012-10-04.
Biography
Ogden was born on the isle of Jersey. She played f ...
, who represented Australia at the
1983 World Championship held in
Brazil
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. Their son
Mark
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was drafted by the
Geelong Football Club
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in 2012, while their daughter
Sara
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has played basketball for the
Australian Insitiute of Sport and
Dandenong Rangers
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.
''Jayco Rangers Sign Sara Blicavs''
(11 April 2012). Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
See also
* Blicavs
Blicavs (pronounced Blitzavs) is a surname of Latvian descent, common to a well-known sporting family of Australia.Radcliffe, Damien (February 23, 2017)''Geelong Cats community camp sees players go to Diversitat'' Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 20 ...
References
1954 births
Living people
Australian men's basketball players
1974 FIBA World Championship players
1978 FIBA World Championship players
Australian people of Latvian descent
Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic basketball players of Australia
New Zealand people of Latvian descent
New Zealand emigrants to Australia
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