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Karen Blicavs (maiden name: Ogden) is a former Australian women's basketball player.[3]
Blicavs was born on the isle of Jersey.[1][2] She played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the 1980s and competed for Australia at the 1983 World Championship held in Brazil.[4] Blicavs was selected to play for Australia at the 1984 Olympic Games held in Los Angeles before a knee injury forced her to withdraw from the team.[5]
In the domestic competition, Blicavs played 130 games for Melbourne East and St Kilda Saints and was the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) Most Valuable Player on two occasions; 1982 and 1983.[6][7][8] Blicavs was also a key member of the St Kilda team that became the inaugural winner of the newly formed WNBL competition in 1981.[9] In 1982, Blicavs led the WNBL in points scored with 410 at an average of 24.1 per game.[10]
Blicavs is married to former Boomer player Andris Blicavs, who represented Australia at the 1976 Olympic Games held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[5][11] Their son, Mark Blicavs was drafted by the Geelong Football Club in 2012, while their daughter, Sara Blicavs has played basketball for the Australian Insitiute of Sport and Dandenong Rangers.[12][13][14]