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| Born | Jersey [1] [2] |
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| Country |  Australia |
| Sport | Basketball |
Karen Blicavs (maiden name: Ogden) is a former Australian women's basketball player. [3]
| Personal information | |
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| Born | Jersey [1] [2] |
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| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Basketball |
Karen Blicavs (maiden name: Ogden) is a former Australian women's basketball player. [3]
Blicavs was born on the isle of Jersey. [1] [2] She played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the 1980s and competed for Australia at the 1983 World Championship held in Brazil. [4] Blicavs was selected to play for Australia at the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles before a knee injury forced her to withdraw from the team. [5]
In the domestic competition, Blicavs played 130 games for Melbourne East and St Kilda Saints and was the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) Most Valuable Player on two occasions; 1982 and 1983. [6] [7] [8] Blicavs was also a key member of the St Kilda team that became the inaugural winner of the newly formed WNBL competition in 1981. [9] In 1982, Blicavs led the WNBL in points scored with 410 at an average of 24.1 per game. [10]
Blicavs is married to former Boomer player Andris Blicavs, who represented Australia at the 1976 Olympic Games held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [5] [11] Their son, Mark Blicavs was drafted by the Geelong Football Club in 2012, while their daughter, Sara Blicavs has played basketball for the Australian Insitiute of Sport and Dandenong Rangers. [12] [13] [14]
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