Zane Tamane (née Teilāne; born September 24, 1983) is a Latvian

women's basketball Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It was first played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts. It spread across the United States, in large parts via women's college compet ...

player currently playing for

Nadezhda Orenburg PBK Nadezhda Orenburg () is a Russian professional women's basketball club from Orenburg founded in 1994. Nadezhda has been 3rd in the Russian Women's Basketball Premier League, Russian Premier League in 2010 and 2011, and reached the Russian Wo ...

and Latvia women's national basketball team. Tamane, who is 2.00m tall, was the first female basketball player in

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

to be able to slam dunk in practice. She has played for the

Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Mystics compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference. The team was ...

in the WNBA, and was in the 2012 training camp with the

Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Mercury compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference. One of eight original franchises, it wa ...

, but was waived. She has also represented

Western Illinois Leathernecks The Western Illinois Leathernecks are the teams and athletes that represent Western Illinois University, located in Macomb, Illinois, in NCAA Division I sports. The school is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. Its football team is a member ...

in the

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Western Illinois statistics

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Profile at EuroBasket Women 2007 pageProfile at Euroleague Women 2009 page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamane, Zane 1983 births Living people Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fenerbahçe women's basketball players Latvian expatriate basketball people in Spain Latvian expatriate basketball people in the United States Latvian women's basketball players 21st-century Latvian sportswomen Olympic basketball players for Latvia Phoenix Mercury players Basketball players from Riga Washington Mystics players Western Illinois Leathernecks women's basketball players