Jelena Špirić (

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: Јелена Шпирић; born 11 August 1983, in

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) is a former

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n women's basketball player and she played at

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position for the

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and national team of Serbia.

UMass Lowell and Nebraska statistics

Source

Sources

Profile
at eurobasket.com
Profile
at huskers.com

References

1983 births Living people Basketball players from Belgrade Serbian women's basketball players Small forwards Serbian expatriate basketball people in the United States Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball players Beşiktaş women's basketball players ŽKK Partizan players ŽKK Crvena zvezda players ŽKK Radivoj Korać players ŽKK Vojvodina players {{Serbia-basketball-bio-stub