Liene Jansone
Encyclopedia
Liene Jansone is a Latvian
women's basketball
player currently playing for Gambrinus Sika Brno and Latvia women's national basketball team
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Both of her parents were basketball coaches and her younger sister, Līga, is a former basketball player. Jansone started playing at professional level in 1997, in the local TTT/Rīga team. She has played both in the national U-18 and U-20 teams. She debuted at the senior team in EuroBasket Women 2005. She played in Siena Saints NCAA team from 2000 until 2004. She eventually became one of the teams leaders. In her first year, the team won NCAA Conference. Jansone was named the Most Valuable Player. Since then she has played in an Israeli team, three Spanish clubs and a Czech one.
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 Gambrinus Sika Brno 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...
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Both of her parents were basketball coaches and her younger sister, Līga, is a former basketball player. Jansone started playing at professional level in 1997, in the local TTT/Rīga team. She has played both in the national U-18 and U-20 teams. She debuted at the senior team in EuroBasket Women 2005. She played in Siena Saints NCAA team from 2000 until 2004. She eventually became one of the teams leaders. In her first year, the team won NCAA Conference. Jansone was named the Most Valuable Player. Since then she has played in an Israeli team, three Spanish clubs and a Czech one.
Teams
- 1997–1999: TTT/Rīga
- 2000–2004: Siena Saints
- 2004–2005: Hapoel Haifa B.C.Hapoel Haifa B.C.Hapoel Haifa Basketball Club is a professional basketball team based in Haifa, Israel. 2009-10 was there last season as an active club when they played in Liga Leumit and finished 4th...
- 2005–2006: Ensimo Lugo
- 2006–2007: Perfumerias Avenida
- 2007–2008: Hondarribia Irun
- 2008–present: Gambrinus Sika Brno