Nationality Estonian Pro career 1956–1981 Height 2.01 m Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 1956–1960 TRU Weight 95 kg | Listed weight 209 lb (95 kg) Name Jaak Lipso Position Center NBA draft 1962 / Undrafted Role Basketball Player | |
Born April 18, 1940 (age 83)
Tallinn, Estonia ( 1940-04-18 ) | ||
Kalev vs. USA 1970
Jaak Lipso (born April 18, 1940) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the only Estonian basketball player who has won two medals at the Olympic Games. Lipso has also won two medals at the FIBA World Championship and he is a three-time Eurobasket champion with the Soviet Union national basketball team. He was a member of the Soviet Union national team from 1961 to 1970. After his active career Lipso became a basketball coach.
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Club career
Lipso's career started at the age of 16 in 1956 when he joined TRÜ basketball team (now Tartu Ülikool/Rock). He played there for four seasons winning two Soviet Estonian titles (1958, 1959). After that he played a season in ASK Riga in Soviet Latvia before moving to European powerhouse CSKA Moscow. He spent the next eight years in the team winning two Euroleague titles (1963, 1969) and six USSR League championship titles (1962–1966, 1969). Lipso then moved to Tallinna Kalev for two years and then to Harju KEK winning two more Soviet Estonian titles (1974, 1979).