Zane Tamane

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Zane Tamane
WNBA teams
Born	(1983-09-24) September 24, 1983 Latvian SSR, USSR (now Latvia)
Nationality	Latvian
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg)
College	Western Illinois
WNBA career	1999–present
Profile	WNBA player profile

Washington Mystics (2006) Phoenix Mercury (2012)
Non-WNBA teams
RTU/Klondaika Rīga (1999–03) Universitat F.C. Barcelona (2006–07) Hondarribia Irun (2007–08) Nadežda Orenburg (2008–09) ZVVZ USK Blex Praha (2009–10) MKB Euroleasing Sopron (2010–11) Fenerbahçe Istanbul (2011–present)

Zane Tamane (née Teilāne; born September 24, 1983) is a Latvian women's basketball player currently playing for Fenerbahçe Istanbul and Latvia women's national basketball team.

Tamane, who is 2.00m tall,^[1] was the first female basketball player in Latvia to be able to slam dunk in practice.^[1] She has played for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA, and was in the 2012 training camp with the Phoenix Mercury,^[2]^[3] but was waived.^[4] She has also represented Western Illinois Leathernecks in the NCAA.

Teams

v t e Fenerbahçe 2013–14 squad

4 Tuğçe 5 Biba 7 Birsel (C) 9 Esmeral 10 Kübra 11 Verameyenka 13 Hollingsworth 14 Yacoubou 15 Matović 21 Olcay 23 Pondexter 35 McCoughtry 43 Nevin Coach: Roberto Íñiguez

v t e 2006 WNBA Draft

First Round	Seimone Augustus Cappie Pondexter Monique Currie Sophia Young Lisa Willis Candice Dupree Shona Thorburn Tamara James La'Tangela Atkinson Tye'sha Fluker Barbara Turner Sherill Baker Kim Smith Scholanda Dorrell

Second Round	Ann Strother Shanna Crossley Ambrosia Anderson Liz Moeggenberg Nikki Blue Jennifer Harris Mistie Williams Willnett Crockett Brooke Queenan Renae Camino Dalila Esche Kasha Terry LaToya Bond Debbie Merrill

Third Round	Tiffany Stansbury Khara Smith Megan Duffy Crystal Smith Miriam Sy Kerri Gardin Zane Teilane Tiffany Porter-Talbert Christelle N'Garsanet Jessica Foley Erin Grant Marina Kuzina Lamisha Augustine Marita Payne

v t e Latvia women's squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 9th place

4 Babkina 5 Eibele 6 Eglīte 7 Tamane 8 Baško 9 Jansone 10 Jēkabsone-Žogota 11 Putniņa 12 Krūmberga 13 Tāre 14 Kubliņa 15 Brumermane Coach: Zvirgzdiņš

Persondata
Name	Tamane, Zane
Alternative names
Short description	Basketball player
Date of birth	September 24, 1983
Place of birth	Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death

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