Gunta Baško
No. 8 – TTT Riga | |
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Position | Small forward |
League | LSBL |
Personal information | |
Born |
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | April 27, 1980
Nationality | Latvian |
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Listed weight | 163 lb (74 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Siena (1999–2003) |
WNBA draft | 2003 / Undrafted |
Gunta Baško-Melnbārde (born Gunta Baško; April 27, 1980[1]) is a Latvian women's basketball player currently playing for TTT Riga and Latvia women's national basketball team. She was born in Riga.
Baško first played in a professional team in 1995.[1] After three years with the local RTU/Klondaika Rīga team Baško moved to Siena Saints of NCAA.[1] In 2003, she moved to Israel, then spent four years in France and is currently a member of Wisła Can Pack Kraków team.[1]
At age 19, she already represented Latvia at EuroBasket Women 1999. She was one of the youngest players in the tournament.[1] Baško also contributed to the successes of the team in EuroBaskets 2005 and 2007.[1]
Teams
- 1995–1998: RTU/Klondaika Rīga (
Latvia) - 1999–2003: Siena Saints (
United States) - 2003–2004: Ramat-Hasharon (
Israel) - 2004–2006: Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (
France) - 2006–2008: Lattes-Maurin Montpellier (
France) - 2008–2009: Perfumerias Avenida (
Spain) - 2009–2010: Umana Reyer (
Italy) - 2010–2011: TS Wisła Can Pack Kraków (
Poland)
Private life
In August 2011 Gunta Baško married ex-basketball player Kristaps Melnbārdis, and changed surname form Baško to Baško-Melnbārde.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "FIBA Europe profile". Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
External links
- Profile at FIBA Europe page at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-08-14)
- Profile at EuroBasket Women 2007 page at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-09-07)
- Gunta Baško at the Latvijas Olimpiskā Komiteja (in Latvian)
- Gunta Basko at the International Olympic Committee
- Gunta Baško at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com