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{{Short description|Estonian basketball player (1940–2023)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| image        =
| position     = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| height    = 200cm
| weight_lbs   = 209
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1940|04|18|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Tallinn]], Estonia
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2023|03|03|1940|04|18|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Tallinn]], Estonia
| draft_year   = 
| career_start = 1956
| career_end   = 1981
| years1 = 1956–1960
| team1 = [[Tartu Ülikool/Rock|TRÜ]]
| years2 = 1960–1962
| team2 = [[Rīgas ASK]]
| years3 = 1962–1969
| team3 = [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| years4 = 1969–1975
| team4 = [[KK Kalev|Kalev]]
| years5 = 1975–1981
| team5 = Harju KEK
| highlights =
* 2× [[EuroLeague]] champion (1963, 1969)
* 6× [[USSR Premier Basketball League|USSR League]] champion (1962–1966, 1969)
| medal_templates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|URS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] |[[Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] |[[Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA World Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold  | [[1967 FIBA World Championship|Uruguay 1967]] | [[Soviet Union national basketball team|USSR]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1970 FIBA World Championship|Yugoslavia 1970]] | [[Soviet Union national basketball team|USSR]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[EuroBasket]]}}
{{MedalGold  | [[EuroBasket 1963|Poland 1963]] | [[Soviet Union national basketball team|USSR]]}}
{{MedalGold  | [[EuroBasket 1965|USSR 1965]] | [[Soviet Union national basketball team|USSR]]}}
{{MedalGold  | [[EuroBasket 1967|Finland 1967]] | [[Soviet Union national basketball team|USSR]]}}
}}

'''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.<ref>"[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/jaak-lipso-1.html Jaak Lipso Biography and Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303043630/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/jaak-lipso-1.html |date=2012-03-03 }}". Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 2009-02-05</ref> Lipso also won two medals at the [[FIBA World Championship]] and was a three-time [[Eurobasket]] champion with the [[Soviet Union national basketball team]].<ref>"[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.playerID_63754.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1963.roundID_2249.teamID_2792.html Jaak Lipso]". FIBA Europe. Retrieved on 2009-02-05</ref> He was a member of the Soviet Union national team from 1961 to 1970. After his active career Lipso became a basketball coach,<ref>''Eesti Elulood.'' Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) {{ISBN|9985-70-064-3}}, p. 252.</ref> and was elected to the Estonian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.<ref>[https://korvpall100.ee/et/kuulsuste-hall/Jaak+Lipso Eesti korvpall 100 - Kuulsuste Hall - Jaak Lipso] </ref>

Lipso died on 3 March 2023, at age 82.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mihkel Eller |first1=Karl |title=Suri Eesti korvpallilegend Jaak Lipso |url=https://sport.postimees.ee/7724703/suri-eesti-korvpallilegend-jaak-lipso |access-date=3 March 2023 |publisher=Postimees |date=3 March 2023}}</ref>

== Club career ==
Lipso's career started at the age of 16 when he joined TRÜ basketball team (now [[Tartu Ülikool/Rock]]) in 1956. He played there for four seasons winning two [[Estonian SSR|Soviet Estonian]] titles (1958, 1959). After that he played a season with [[Rīgas ASK]] in [[Latvian SSR|Soviet Latvia]] before moving to European powerhouse [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]. He spent the next eight years with the team winning two [[Euroleague]] titles ([[FIBA European Champions Cup 1962-63|1963]], 1969) and six [[USSR Premier Basketball League|USSR League]] championship titles (1962–1966, 1969). Lipso then moved to [[KK Kalev|Tallinna Kalev]] for two years and then to Harju KEK winning two more Soviet Estonian titles (1974, 1979).

== Achievements ==
=== National Team ===
* Olympic Games: [[Image:Med 2.png]] [[Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]], [[Image:Med 3.png]] [[Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]]
* World Championships: [[Image:Med 1.png]] [[1967 FIBA World Championship|1967]], [[Image:Med 3.png]] [[1970 FIBA World Championship|1970]]
* European Championships: [[Image:Med 1.png]] [[EuroBasket 1963|1963]], [[Image:Med 1.png]] [[EuroBasket 1965|1965]], [[Image:Med 1.png]] [[EuroBasket 1967|1967]]

=== Club ===
* [[Euroleague|Euroleague Championship]]: [[FIBA European Champions Cup 1962-63|1963]], 1969
* [[USSR Premier Basketball League|Soviet Union League]] Championship: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969
* [[Estonian SSR]] Championship: 1958, 1959, 1971, 1974, 1979

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book | author=Lääne, Tiit | title=Eesti olümpiamedalivõitjad 1912–2006 | pages=132–133 | year=2006 | publisher=Eesti Olümpiakomitee | isbn=9949-427-25-8}}
* {{cite book |author1=Lään, Vello |author2=Ibrus, Märt | title=Eesti korvpall portreed | pages=143–158 | year=2006 | publisher=Eesti Korvpalliliit | isbn=9949-406-68-4}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070318011641/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LIPSOJAA01 Profile] at databaseOlympics.com
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20080227131756/http://www.basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=5271&idioma=3 Profile]}} at basketpedya.com

{{Soviet Union squad EuroBasket 1963}}
{{Footer 1964 Olympic Silver Medalists Basketball Men}}
{{Soviet Union squad EuroBasket 1965}}
{{Soviet Union Squad 1967 FIBA World Championship}}
{{Soviet Union squad EuroBasket 1967}}
{{Footer 1968 Olympic Bronze Medalists Basketball Men}}
{{Soviet Union Squad 1970 FIBA World Championship}}
{{PBC CSKA Moscow 1962-63 Euroleague champions}}
{{PBC CSKA Moscow 1968-69 Euroleague champions}}

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