Cipruss in the background with Kristaps Valters |
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| Position | Center |
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| Height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Weight | 253 lb (115 kg) |
| League | KML BBL |
| Team | BC Rakvere Tarvas |
| Number | 8 |
| Born | February 18, 1982 Rezekne, Latvia |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Pro career | 1998–present |
| Career history | 1998-99 ASK/Brocēni/LMT 2000-01 BK Gulbenes Buki 2000–01 Pallacanestro Trieste 2001-02 KK Union Olimpija 2001-02 KD Slovan 2002-03 BK Skonto 2003-04 Unia Tarnow 2003-04 CB Sevilla 2003-04 CB Ciudad de Huelva 2004-06 CB Sevilla 2006-07 CB Breogán 2006-08 BK Ventspils 2008-09 BK Liepājas Lauvas 2008-09 BK Prostějov 2009-10 Al-Ahli Dubai 2009-10 SK Valmiera 2010-11 Óbila CB 2011-12 BC Rakvere Tarvas |
Kaspars Cipruss (born February 2, 1982 in Rezekne, Latvia) is a Latvian basketball player. Currently he is a member of the BC Rakvere Tarvas playing in Korvpalli Meistriliiga in Estonia and Challenge Cup.
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Kaspars Cipruss started his basketball career in Latvian powerhouse ASK/Brocēni/LMT in 1998. After extinction of the team he had a brief spell in Latvian team BK Gulbenes Buki before moving to Italy, Pallacanestro Trieste. However, he signed a 3-year contract wih Slovenian Euroleague team KK Union Olimpija, but was loaned to KD Slovan. Since then he has played professional basketball in Poland, various levels in Spain, United Arab Emirates, Czech Republic and at the moment he is eventually playing in Estonia for BC Rakvere Tarvas.
Cipruss started his Latvia national basketball team career with the youngest, U16 team. Few years later, in 1998 he was part of the team which managed to achieve 9th place at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship and semi-final spot in the U19 EuroBasket. Three years later he was also part of the senior team, which reached the quarterfinals of EuroBasket 2001. Later on he has also been in the final tournaments in 2005 and 2007.
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