Karen Ogden (married name: Blicavs) is a former Australian women's

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player.FIBA Archive. 1983 World Championship for Women
Player Profile: Karen Ogden
Retrieved 2012-10-04.

Biography

Ogden was born on the isle of

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. She played for the

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during the 1980s and competed for Australia at the 1983 World Championship held in

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. Ogden was selected to play for Australia at the 1984 Olympic Games held in

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before a knee injury forced her to withdraw from the team.Green, Bradley (2 March 2012)
''Young Cat is racing towards his dream''
The Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 2012-10-04. In the domestic competition, Ogden played 130 games for Melbourne East and St Kilda Saints and was the

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(WNBL)

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on two occasions; 1982 and 1983. Ogden was also a key member of the St Kilda team that became the inaugural winner of the newly formed WNBL competition in 1981. In 1982, Ogden led the WNBL in points scored with 410 at an average of 24.1 per game. Ogden is married to former Boomer player Andris Blicavs, who represented Australia at the 1976 Olympic Games held in

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, Quebec, Canada. Their son,

Mark Blicavs Mark Blicavs ( ; born 28 March 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He made his debut for the club in round one of the 2013 AFL season. Early life Blicavs' p ...

was drafted by the

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in 2012, while their daughter,

Sara Blicavs Sara Blicavs ( lv, Sāra Blicava; born 15 February 1993) is an Australian professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Southside Flyers in the WNBL Blicavs was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2 ...

has played basketball for the Australian Insitiute of Sport and

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.''Jayco Rangers Sign Sara Blicavs''
(11 April 2012). Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-10-04.

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