Zane Tamane
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Zane Tamane 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 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 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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Zane Tamane who is 2.00 m standings was the first female basketball player in Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

 to be able to slam dunk in practice. She is almost two metres tall. She has played in WNBA, at the Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...

. She has also represented Western Illinois Leathernecks
Western Illinois Leathernecks
The Western Illinois Leathernecks are the teams and athletes that represent Western Illinois University, located in Macomb, Illinois, in NCAA Division I sports. The school's primary conference affiliation is with The Summit League; its football team is a member of the Division I FCS Missouri...

 in NCAA.

Teams

  • 1999-03:   RTU/Klondaika Rīga
  • 2003-06:   Western Illinois Leathernecks
    Western Illinois Leathernecks
    The Western Illinois Leathernecks are the teams and athletes that represent Western Illinois University, located in Macomb, Illinois, in NCAA Division I sports. The school's primary conference affiliation is with The Summit League; its football team is a member of the Division I FCS Missouri...

  • 2006 :   Washington Mystics
    Washington Mystics
    The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...

  • 2006-07:   Universitat F.C. Barcelona
  • 2007-08:   Hondarribia Irun
  • 2008-09:   Nadežda Orenburg
  • 2009-10:   ZVVZ USK Blex Praha
  • 2010-11:   MKB Euroleasing Sopron
  • 2011-12:   Fenerbahçe Istanbul

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