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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaak Lipso has received more than 30,360 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jaak Lipso is the 155th most popular basketball player (up from 168th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 160th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Estonian Basketball Player.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.15

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  • 1.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Jaak Lipso ranks 155 out of 1,757. Before him are Frank Lubin, Vince Carter, Walter Davis, Saša Obradović, Chuck Cooper, and Rudy Tomjanovich. After him are Carlos Blixen, Hal Greer, John Kundla, K. C. Jones, Dell Curry, and Lauren Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jaak Lipso ranks 433. Before him are David Peoples, James Brady, Henri Dès, Franco Bitossi, Michael Ruse, and Jerry Lawson. After him are Leila Ahmed, Karin Baal, Juozas Budraitis, Pilar Miró, Slaven Zambata, and Donna Mills. Among people deceased in 2023, Jaak Lipso ranks 473. Before him are Vadim Abdrashitov, Margaret Archer, Heide Simonis, Gilles Perrault, Walter Davis, and Sergio Gori. After him are Attila Abonyi, Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Benjamin Zephaniah, Julie Garwood, Cindy Williams, and Herb Kohl.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Jaak Lipso ranks 168 out of 351. Before him are Marju Lauristin (1940), Paul Raud (1865), Miina Härma (1864), Jaan Ehlvest (1962), Ilmar Kullam (1922), and Emma Asson (1889). After him are Erki Nool (1970), Nikolai Stepulov (1913), Roman Steinberg (1900), Priit Pärn (1946), Artur Lemba (1885), and Joann Lõssov (1921).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Estonia

Among basketball players born in Estonia, Jaak Lipso ranks 2. Before him are Heino Kruus (1926). After him are Joann Lõssov (1921), Tiit Sokk (1964), Martin Müürsepp (1974), and Kristjan Kangur (1982).

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