Jaak Lipso

Jaak Lipso (18 April 1940 – 3 March 2023) was an Estonian professional basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union.[1] Lipso also won two medals at the FIBA World Championship and was a three-time Eurobasket champion with the Soviet Union national basketball team.[5] Lipso's career started at the age of 16 when he joined TRÜ basketball team (now Tartu Ülikool/Rock) in 1956.After that he played a season with Rīgas ASK in Soviet Latvia before moving to European powerhouse CSKA Moscow.Lipso then moved to Tallinna Kalev for two years and then to Harju KEK winning two more Soviet Estonian titles (1974, 1979).
TallinnCenterRīgas ASKCSKA MoscowEuroLeagueUSSR LeagueBasketballSoviet UnionOlympic Games1964 TokyoTeam Competition1968 Mexico CityWorld ChampionshipUruguay 1967Yugoslavia 1970EuroBasketPoland 1963USSR 1965Finland 1967FIBA World ChampionshipSoviet Union national basketball teamTartu Ülikool/RockSoviet EstonianSoviet LatviaTallinna KalevEuroleague ChampionshipSoviet Union LeagueEstonian SSRWayback MachineSoviet Union squadEuroBasket 1963 – Gold medalMinashviliKalniņšAlachachianTravinHladunKrūmiņšKhryninPetrovVolnovLepmetsGomelskySoviet Union basketball squad1964 Summer Olympics – Silver medalBagleyKorneevMoseshviliMuižnieksEuroBasket 1965 – Gold medalPaulauskasSakandelidze1967 FIBA World Championship – Gold medalSelikhovPolivodaTomsonAndreevEuroBasket 1967 – Gold medalKrikunZharmukhamedov1968 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalKapranovKovalenko1970 FIBA World Championship – Bronze medalS. BelovA. Belov1962–63 FIBA European Champions Cup championsZubkovSemyonovBochkaryovAlekseev1968–69 FIBA European Champions Cup champions