Zane Tamane (née Teilāne; born September 24, 1983) is a 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 currently playing for

Nadezhda Orenburg PBK Nadezhda Orenburg (russian: ПБК «Надежда») is a Russian women's basketball club from Orenburg founded in 1994. Nadezhda has been 3rd in the Russian Premier League in 2010 and 2011, and reached the Russian Cup's final from 2011� ...

and

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. ...

. Tamane, who is 2.00m tall, was the first female basketball player in

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

to be able to slam dunk in practice. She has played for the

Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was founded pri ...

in the WNBA, and was in the 2012 training camp with the

Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the league ...

, but was waived. She has also represented

Western Illinois Leathernecks The Western Illinois Leathernecks are the teams and athletes that represent Western Illinois University, located in Macomb, Illinois, in NCAA Division I sports. The school's primary conference affiliation is with the Summit League; its football t ...

in the

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Western Illinois statistics

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Profile at EuroBasket Women 2007 pageProfile at Euroleague Women 2009 page
1983 births Living people Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fenerbahçe women's basketball players Latvian expatriate basketball people in Spain Latvian expatriate basketball people in the United States Latvian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Latvia Phoenix Mercury players Basketball players from Riga Washington Mystics players Western Illinois Leathernecks women's basketball players {{Latvia-basketball-bio-stub