Jaak Lipso

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Jaak Lipso
Personal information
Center
Born	(1940-04-18) April 18, 1940 Tallinn, Estonia
Nationality	Estonian
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
Listed weight	209 lb (95 kg)
Career information
Pro playing career	1956–1981
Career history
1956–1960	TRÜ
1960–1961	ASK Riga
1961–1969	CSKA Moscow
1969–1981	Tallinna Kalev

Jaak Lipso
Medal record

Men's Basketball
Competitor for Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver	1964 Tokyo	Team Competition
Bronze	1968 Mexico	Team Competition
World Championship
Gold	Uruguay 1967	USSR
Bronze	Yugoslavia 1970	USSR
EuroBasket
Gold	Poland 1963	USSR
Gold	USSR 1965	USSR
Gold	Finland 1967	USSR

Jaak Lipso (born April 18, 1940) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the only Estonian basketball player who has won two medals at the Olympic Games.^[1] Lipso has also won two medals at the FIBA World Championship and he is a three-time Eurobasket champion with the Soviet Union national basketball team.^[2] He was a member of the Soviet Union national team from 1961 to 1970. After his active career Lipso became a basketball coach.^[3]

Club career

Lipso's career started at the age of 16 in 1956 when he joined TRÜ basketball team (now Tartu Ülikool/Rock). He played there for four seasons winning two Soviet Estonian titles (1958, 1959). After that he played a season in ASK Riga in Soviet Latvia before moving to European powerhouse CSKA Moscow. He spent the next eight years in the team winning two Euroleague titles (1963, 1969) and six USSR League championship titles (1962–1966, 1969). Lipso then moved to Tallinna Kalev for two years and then to Harju KEK winning two more Soviet Estonian titles (1974, 1979).

Achievements

National Team

Olympic Games: 1964, 1968
World Championships: 1967, 1970
European Championships: 1963, 1965, 1967

Club

Euroleague Championship: 1963, 1969
Soviet Union League Championship: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969
Estonian SSR Championship: 1958, 1959, 1971, 1974, 1979

References

↑ "Jaak Lipso Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 2009-02-05
↑ "Jaak Lipso". FIBA Europe. Retrieved on 2009-02-05
↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3, p. 252.

Books

Lääne, Tiit (2006). Eesti olümpiamedalivõitjad 1912–2006. Eesti Olümpiakomitee. pp. 132–133. ISBN 9949-427-25-8.
Lään, Vello; Ibrus, Märt (2006). Eesti korvpall portreed. Eesti Korvpalliliit. pp. 143–158. ISBN 9949-406-68-4.

External links

Profile at databaseOlympics.com
Profile at basketpedya.com

v t e Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1963 – Gold medal

4 Minashvili 5 Kalniņš 6 Alachachian 7 Travin 8 Gladun 9 Krūmiņš 10 Jurgensons 11 Khrynin 12 Petrov 13 Volnov 14 Lipso 15 Lepmets Coach: Gomelsky

v t e Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1965 – Gold medal

4 Bagley 5 Paulauskas 6 Alachachian 7 Travin 8 Khrynin 9 Eglitis 10 Sakandelidze 11 Skhiereli 12 Petrov 13 Volnov 14 Lipso 15 Sushak Coach: Gomelsky

v t e Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1967 – Gold medal

4 Krikun 5 Paulauskas 6 Sakandelidze 7 Zharmukhamedov 8 Selikhov 9 Polivoda 10 Belov 11 Tomson 12 Lepmets 13 Volnov 14 Lipso 15 Andreev Coach: Gomelsky

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1964 Summer Olympics – Silver medal

4 Alachachian 5 Bagley 6 Khrynin 7 Kalniņš 8 Korneev 9 Krūmiņš 10 Lipso 11 Moseshvili 12 Muižnieks 13 Petrov 14 Travin 15 Volnov Coach: Gomelsky

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1968 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal

4 Polivoda 5 Krikun 6 Kapranov 7 Andreev 8 Kovalenko 9 Paulauskas 10 Lipso 11 Volnov 12 Tomson 13 Sakandelidze 14 Selichov 15 Belov Coach: Gomelsky

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1967 FIBA World Championship Champions – Gold medal

4 Checuro 5 Paulauskas 6 Sakandelidze 7 Travin 8 Selikhov 9 Polivoda 10 Belov 11 Tomson 12 Nesterov 13 Volnov 14 Lipso 15 Andreev Coach: Gomelsky

v t e PBC CSKA Moscow 1962-63 Euroleague Champions

Volnov Zubkov Korneev Alachachian Lipso Semyonov Bochkaryov Petrov Travin Astakhov Khrynin Kulkov Coach Alekseyev

v t e PBC CSKA Moscow 1968-69 Euroleague Champions

Belov Volnov Lipso Andreev Selikhov Sidjakin Astakhov Kapranov Kulkov Nesterov Kovyrkin A. Blik Coach Alachachian

Persondata
Name	Lipso, Jaak
Alternative names
Short description	Basketball player
Date of birth	1940-04-18
Place of birth	Tallinn, Estonia
Date of death
Place of death

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