FIBA Hall of Fame
    Skaidrite SMILDZINA-BUDOVSKA (LAT)

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    Category | Player Date of Birth | 02.03.1943 Position | Center Height | 190cm (6'3") Country | Latvia

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    Clubs

    • Riga 1st Children's Sports School (1953-1957)

    • VEF (1957-1958)

    • Daugava Riga (1957-1958)

    • TTT Riga (1958-1972)

    Club highlights

    • Latvian League champion (1958)

    • Soviet Union Winter Tournament for Class A teams champion (1959)

    • Twelve-time USSR League champion (1960-1969, 1971, 1972)

    • Eleven-time European Cup for Champion Clubs winner (1960-1962, 1964-1969, 1971, 1972)

    National Team highlights

    • Three-time FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup gold medallist (1959, 1964, 1967)

    • Five-time FIBA Women's EuroBasket gold medallist (1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968)

    • Two-time University Games gold medallist (1965, 1967)

    • Three-time USSR Spartakiad champion (1963, 1967, 1971)

    Individual highlights

    • Debuted with Daugava Riga at 15 years old (1958)

    • Debuted with Soviet National Team at 16 years old (1959)

    • TTT Riga Captain (1963-1969)

    • World Cup All Star Five and Miss World Cup (1964)

    • Played in four USSR Spartakiads (1959, 1963, 1967, 1971)

    • USSR Master of Sports (1960)

    • USSR international Master of Sports (1966)

    • USSR Meritorious Master of Sports (1968)

    • High Latvian State Three Stars Order award (1998)

    • Honorary Member of Latvian Basketball Association.