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Mar 15, 1974 Riga, Latvia 50 years old
basketball player
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About Ieva Tre
- Ieva Tare (born March 15, 1974 in Riga) is a former Latvian women's basketball player who has represented SK Cesis and Latvia women's national basketball team. Tare was trained by the current Latvian national women's team coach Ainars Zvirgzdinš since her school years.
- She joined SK Cesis, her current team, in 2008 shortly after the end of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
- Previously she had played for TTT/Riga, as well as several other local and foreign clubs before 2000.
- In the early 1990s, Tare turned down an offer to play in the United States due to her poor English skills.Tare is married to a former Latvian national rugby team player named Juris.
- From December 2005 to March 2007 Tare did not play due to pregnancy and care for her newborn son, Emils.
- She turned down an offer from SK Cesis and returned to TTT/Riga afterwards.Tare has played for the Latvian women's national basketball team in three EuroBasket Women championships, including the 2007 championship where she assisted the team in its way to the 4th place.
- In total she has represented the team in more than a hundred games.
- She has also represented the USSR women's U-16 national team and became the European U-16 champion.
- The championship was held in Portugal.During the qualification for 2008 Summer Olympics, in the final game versus Angola, Tare suffered a serious arm injury, later confirmed to be both a broken arm and a dislocated elbow.
- She was rushed off court by the medical team.
- Thanks to a speedy recovery programme she was able to play in the Olympics.On April 9, 2010 Tare announced that she retires from sport.
