Dita Krūmberga (born 20 March 1984 in Riga) is a retired Latvian

women's basketball Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It began being played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts. It spread across the United States, in large part via women's college compet ...

player. She joined

TTT Rīga TTT Rīga is a professional women's basketball club based in Riga, Latvia. "TTT" means Tram and Trolley Trust. The team held its first official game on 5 November 1958. The next 25 years are known as the ''First Golden age'' of the club. Internati ...

in 2008. Previously she had played for

SK Cēsis SK Cēsis is a professional women's basketball club based in Cēsis, Latvia. The team currently plays in Latvian Women's Basketball League. In 2008 the team attained second place in Baltic Women's Basketball League championships. In 2009 the team ...

, as well as several other local and foreign clubs before 2000. She played in Mount St. Mary's NCAA team from 2004 until 2007. Krūmberga contributed to the successes of the team in EuroBaskets

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and

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. Krūmberga also played in the

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Teams

* 2004–2007: Mount St. Mary's () * 2007–2008:

MBK Ružomberok MBK Ružomberok is a women's basketball club in Ružomberok. It was established in 1941 and plays in the elite leagues since 1979 (then in Czechoslovakia). It is the most successful female basketball team in Slovak history. It won three Czechoslov ...

() * 2008:

() * 2008–2012:

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Achievements

* 2009 – 9th place in Eurobasket Women with

Latvia women's national basketball team The Latvia women's national basketball team is the national women's basketball team representing Latvia. It is administrated by the Latvian Basketball Association. It has participated in EuroBasket Women three times and once in the Olympic Games. ...

. * 2009 – 2nd place in Latvian woman basketball league with

. * 2009 – 4th place in Baltic woman basketball league with TTT Rīga. * 2009 – participating in EuroLeague with TTT Rīga * 2008 – 9th place in Beijing

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with Latvia women's national basketball team. * 2008 – 4th place in FIBA " Diamond Ball" tournament in

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. * 2007 – 4th place in Eurobasket Women with Latvia women's national basketball team.

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