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Karen Ogden (married name: Blicavs) is a former Australian women's basketball player.[3]

Karen Ogden
Personal information
BornJersey[1][2]
Sport
Country Australia
SportBasketball

Biography


Ogden 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] Ogden 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, Ogden 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] Ogden 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, Ogden led the WNBL in points scored with 410 at an average of 24.1 per game.[10]

Ogden 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]


See also



References


  1. Geelong Cats community camp sees players go to Diversitat
  2. AFLPA Multicultural Map
  3. FIBA Archive. 1983 World Championship for Women. Player Profile: Karen Ogden. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  4. FIBA Archive. 1983 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  5. Green, Bradley (2 March 2012). Young Cat is racing towards his dream. The Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  6. League Most Valuable Player. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  7. Trailblazers: History of the WNBL MVP Award. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League (21 March 2012). Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  8. Players with 100 or more career games Archived 17 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  9. History of the WNBL. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  10. Basketball Australia. WNBL Top Shooters Award Archived 17 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
  11. Macgugan, Mark (29 November 2011). Dream chaser. Australian Football League. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  12. Geelong Cats Football Club. Player Profile: 48 Mark Blicavs Archived 15 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  13. Blicavs just the shot to give AIS a much-needed boost. The Canberra Times (26 November 2011). Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  14. Jayco Rangers Sign Sara Blicavs (11 April 2012). Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 2012-10-04.

На других языках

- [en] Karen Ogden

[ru] Огден, Карен

Карен Огден (англ. Karen Ogden; в замужестве Блицавс (англ. Blicavs); род. в конце 1950-х годов на острове Джерси, Нормандские острова, Коронные земли) — австралийская профессиональная баскетболистка, выступавшая в женской национальной баскетбольной лиге (ЖНБЛ). Трёхкратная чемпионка женской НБЛ в составе двух разных команд (1981, 1982 и 1984). Член Зала славы австралийского баскетбола с 2017 года.


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