Aija Jurjāne
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Riga, Latvia | 15 January 1988
Nationality | Latvian |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 181 lb (82 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Regis Jesuit High School (Aurora, Colorado) (2006) |
College | Colorado (2008) |
WNBA draft | 2010: undrafted |
Playing career | 2008–present |
Position | Power forward |
Career history | |
2008–2009 | Olesa Espanyol |
2009–2010 | USO Mondeville |
2010–2011 | ASPTT Arras |
2011–2012 | PF Umbertide |
2012–2013 | UNB Obenasa |
2013–2014 | PF Umbertide |
2014 | PINKK Pecsi 424 |
2015 | San Martino |
2015–2016 | Nantes Rezé Basketball |
2016–2017 | İstanbul Üniversitesi SK |
2017 | Canik Belediyespor |
2018 | Mersin BB |
2018 | CB Avenida |
2018–2019 | Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc |
2019–2020 | Çankaya Üniversitesi |
2021–2022 | Botaş |
2022–2023 | Galatasaray |
Aija Jurjāne (née Putniņa; born 15 January 1988) is a Latvian women's basketball player with the Latvia women's national basketball team.[1] She competed with the team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she scored 2 points in 3 games.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Galatasaray
[edit]On 5 August 2022, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League (TKBL).[2]
As of July 2023, his contract has expired. Galatasaray club said goodbye to the player on 6 July 2023 by publishing a thank you message.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aija Putniņa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Galatasaray'a hoş geldin Aija Jurjāne" (in Turkish). Galatasaray. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Teşekkürler!". Galatasaray S.K. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Aija Jurjane at FIBA (archive)
- Aija Putnina at Colorado
- Aija Putnina at Olympics.com
- Aija Putnina at Olympic.org (archived)
- Aija Putniņa at Olympedia
- Aija Putniņa at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball players
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in France
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in Hungary
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Latvian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Latvian women's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for Latvia
- Power forwards
- Basketball players from Riga
- Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players
- Botaş SK players
- Latvian basketball biography stubs