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Sara Blicavs
Female Australian basketball player

Sara Blicavs

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Female Australian basketball player
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Gender
Female
Age
31 years
Family
Mother:
Karen Ogden
Father:
Andris Blicavs
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Biography

Sara Blicavs (born 15 February 1993) is an Australian professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Dandenong Rangers in the WNBL.

Career

Blicavs plays in the guard or forward positions.

WNBL

Blicavs began her career, playing for the Australian Institute of Sport. After a brief stint with the Dandenong Rangers, Blicavs moved to the Bendigo Spirit. There, she won her first WNBL championship. For the 2015–16 WNBL season, Blicavs returned to the Dandenong Rangers. Blicavs has been re-signed for a third season with the Rangers.

National Team

Youth Level

Blicavs made her international debut with the Under-17 program at the FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship in 2009. She would then go on to represent Australia at the FIBA Under-17 World Championship in France, where Australia placed seventh. She would then go on to represent the Gems at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Chile, where Australia narrowly missed out on bronze, placing fourth.

Senior Level

Blicavs made her debut with the Opals at the 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship, where Australia took home Gold and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. She also participated in the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro, in January 2016.

Personal life

Blicavs is from Victoria, Australia. She is of Latvian descent. Her parents, Andris Blicavs and Karen Blicavs, both played for Australian national basketball teams, and her brother Mark plays for the Geelong Football Club. Her parents' careers in basketball both ended because of knee injuries. She was one of three Australian female athletes based at the Australian Institute of Sport to test a sport bra designed by Berlei. She is 188 centimetres (74 in) tall.

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