Karen Ogden

Karen Ogden
Personal information
Born Melbourne, Victoria
Medal record
Women's Basketball
Competitor for  Australia

Karen Blicavs (née Ogden) is a former Australian women's basketball player.[1]

Biography

Ogden played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the 1980s and competed for Australia at the 1983 World Championship held in Brazil.[2] Ogden was selected to play for Australia at the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles before a knee injury forced her to withdraw from the team.[3]

In the domestic competition, Ogden played 130 games for Melbourne East and St Kilda Saints and was the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) Most Valuable Player on two occasions; 1982 and 1983.[4][5][6] Ogden was also a key member of the St Kilda team that became the inaugural winner of the newly formed WNBL competition in 1981.[7] In 1982, Ogden led the WNBL in points scored with 410 at an average of 24.1 per game.[8]

Ogden is married to former Boomer player Andris Blicavs, who represented Australia at the 1976 Olympic Games held in Montreal.[3][9] Their son, Mark Blicavs was drafted by the Geelong Football Club in 2012, while their daughter, Sara Blicavs has played basketball for the Australian Insitiute of Sport and Dandenong Rangers.[10][11][12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ FIBA Archive. 1983 World Championship for Women. Player Profile: Karen Ogden. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  2. ↑ FIBA Archive. 1983 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  3. 1 2 Green, Bradley (2 March 2012). Young Cat is racing towards his dream. The Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  4. ↑ League Most Valuable Player. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  5. ↑ Trailblazers: History of the WNBL MVP Award. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League (21 March 2012). Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  6. ↑ Players with 100 or more career games. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  7. ↑ History of the WNBL. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  8. ↑ Basketball Australia. WNBL Top Shooters Award. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
  9. ↑ Macgugan, Mark (29 November 2011). Dream chaser. Australian Football League. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  10. ↑ Geelong Cats Football Club. Player Profile: 48 Mark Blicavs. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  11. ↑ Blicavs just the shot to give AIS a much-needed boost. The Canberra Times (26 November 2011). Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  12. ↑ Jayco Rangers Sign Sara Blicavs (11 April 2012). Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
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