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Jaak Lipso

1940 - 2023

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Jaak Lipso (18 April 1940 – 3 March 2023) was an 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 also won two medals at the FIBA World Championship and was 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jaak Lipso is the 148th most popular basketball player (up from 155th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 168th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jaak Lipso ranks 148 out of 1,757. Before him are Željko Jerkov, Valdemaras Chomičius, Otar Korkia, Jerry Lucas, Cesare Rubini, and Bill Sharman. After him are Frank Lubin, Dolph Schayes, Michel Bonnevie, Bill Walton, Isaiah Thomas, and Kevin Garnett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jaak Lipso ranks 417. Before him are Arlette Laguiller, Pauli Nevala, Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, John Iliopoulos, Jean Clair, and Annemarie Zimmermann. After him are Héctor Silva, Ghulam Ali, Friedel Rausch, Yambo Ouologuem, Donna Mills, and Dorrit Willumsen. Among people deceased in 2023, Jaak Lipso ranks 400. Before him are Moonbin, Georges Bereta, Günther Herrmann, George Winston, Jimmy Buffett, and Nicolae Neagoe. After him are Miiko Taka, Mikio Aoki, Mudar Badran, Alain Besançon, Anita Thallaug, and Chuck Feeney.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Jaak Lipso ranks 166 out of 351. Before him are Paul Raud (1865), Eino Tamberg (1930), Lepo Sumera (1950), Osvald Käpp (1905), Heinrich Mark (1911), and Arvo Valton (1935). After him are Ivo Linna (1949), Arnold Luhaäär (1905), Knudåge Riisager (1897), Aavo Pikkuus (1954), Silvi Vrait (1951), and August Jakobson (1904).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Estonia

Among basketball players born in Estonia, Jaak Lipso ranks 3. Before him are Joann Lõssov (1921), and Heino Kruus (1926). After him are Tiit Sokk (1964), Martin Müürsepp (1974), and Kristjan Kangur (1982).

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