Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa

Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa (née Uztupe; 2 May 1930 – 27 December 2014) was a Latvian basketball player and coach. During her career Uztupe-Karamiševa won three FIBA European Champions Cups and four Soviet League titles. She represented the Soviet Union national team and won four EuroBasket tournaments.

Dzidra Uztupe-Karamiševa

Personal information
Born	(1930-05-02)2 May 1930 Smiltene, Latvia
Died	27 December 2014(2014-12-27) (aged 84) Riga, Latvia
Listed height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Listed weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Career information
High school	Riga No. 5 (Riga, Latvia)
College	LVFKI
Playing career	1947–1963
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	1965–1979
Career history
As player:
1947–1958	Daugava Riga
1958–1963	TTT Riga
As coach:
1965–1979	TTT Riga (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player: 3× EuroLeague Women's champion (1960, 1961, 1962) 4× Soviet League champion (1960–1963) 5× Latvian League champion (1950, 1951, 1956, 1959, 1965) As assistant coach: 10× EuroLeague Women's champion (1965–1975) 11× Soviet League champion (1966, 1968–1973, 1975–1977, 1979) 3× Latvian League champion (1965, 1967, 1968)
Medals Representing Soviet Union World Championship 1957 Brazil Team competition EuroBasket 1952 Soviet Union Team competition 1954 Yugoslavia Team competition 1956 Czechoslovakia Team competition 1962 France Team competition

Career

Uztupe was born on 2 May 1930 in Smiltene, Latvia, and spent her youth in the Pārdaugava area of Riga. She attended the Riga Secondary School No. 5 where she took up basketball, volleyball and track and field. She held the Latvian record in high jump among girls and was the champion in both high jump and volleyball.

Uztupe joined Daugava Riga in 1947 and played with the team until 1958. In 1958, she joined TTT Riga and served as the team's captain. She won the FIBA European Champions Cup three times and became a Soviet League champion in four consecutive seasons.