Jaak Lipso

Jaak Lipso
Personal information
Born(1940-04-18)18 April 1940
Tallinn, Estonia
Died3 March 2023(2023-03-03) (aged 82)
Tallinn, Estonia
Listed height200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight209 lb (95 kg)
Career information
Playing career1956–1981
PositionCenter
Career history
1956–1960TRÜ
1960–1962Rīgas ASK
1962–1969CSKA Moscow
1969–1975Kalev
1975–1981Harju KEK
Career highlights
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1964 TokyoTeam Competition
1968 Mexico CityTeam Competition
World Championship
Uruguay 1967USSR
Yugoslavia 1970USSR
EuroBasket
Poland 1963USSR
USSR 1965USSR
Finland 1967USSR

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. After his active career Lipso became a basketball coach, and was elected to the Estonian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.

Lipso died on 3 March 2023, at age 82.