Gunta Baško
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Gunta Baško is a Latvian
Latvians
Latvians or Letts are the indigenous Baltic people of Latvia.-History:Latvians occasionally refer to themselves by the ancient name of Latvji, which may have originated from the word Latve which is a name of the river that presumably flowed through what is now eastern Latvia...

 women's basketball
Women's basketball
Women's basketball is one of the few women's sports that developed in tandem with its men's counterpart. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast , in large part via women's colleges...

 player currently playing for TS Wisła Can Pack Kraków and Latvia women's national basketball team
Latvia women's national basketball team
The Latvian women's national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Latvia. It is administrated by the Latvian Basketball Association...

. She was born in Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

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Baško first played in a professional team in 1995. After three yers with the local RTU/Klondaika Rīga team Baško moved to Siena Saints of NCAA. In 2003 she moved to Israel, then spent four years in France and is currently a member of Wisła Can Pack Kraków team.

At age 19, she already represented Latvia
Latvia women's national basketball team
The Latvian women's national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Latvia. It is administrated by the Latvian Basketball Association...

 at EuroBasket Women 1999. She was one of the youngest players in the tournament. Baško also contributed to the successes of the team in EuroBaskets
Eurobasket Women
Eurobasket Women is a bi-annual basketball competition held between the nations of Europe for women's national basketball team. Eurobasket Women is also used as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship for Women and also for Olympic Games.-Summaries:-Performance by nation:-See...

 2005 and 2007
EuroBasket Women 2007
- Group B :- Group C :- Group D :-Qualifying round:- Group E :- Group F :-Championship bracket:-5th place bracket:- Quarterfinals :-Classification rounds:- Semifinals :- Third place game:...

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Teams

  • 1995–1998: RTU/Klondaika Rīga 
  • 1999–2003: Siena Saints 
  • 2003–2004: Ramat-Hasharon 
  • 2004–2006: Tarbes Gespe Bigorre
    Tarbes Gespe Bigorre
    Tarbes Gespe Bigorre is a French basketball club, taking part to the professional French league for women, the LFB, and to European Cups ....

     
  • 2006–2008: Lattes-Maurin Montpellier 
  • 2008–2009: Perfumerias Avenida 
  • 2009–2010: Umana Reyer 
  • 2010–2011: TS Wisła Can Pack Kraków

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