Inga Freidenfelds
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Personal information | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Riga, Latvia | 25 April 1935
Died | 9 April 2022 Adelaide, Australia | (aged 86)
Sport | |
Sport | Basketball |
Inga Freidenfelds (25 April 1935 – 9 April 2022)[1][2] was an Australian basketball player.[3] He immigrated to Australia as a fifteen year old in 1950, and made his senior debut for South Australia in 1954. Following the 1955 Australian Championships he was selected to the 1956 Olympic Games team as Captain, and averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds per game during the men's basketball tournament. Friedenfelds was inducted as a Player to the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.[4][5]
References
- ^ "FREIDENFELDS, Inga". My Tributes. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Vale Inga Freidenfelds". Basketball Australia. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Inge Friedenfelds". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Inge Friedenfelds Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Inga Freidenfelds | Basketball Australia". australia.basketball. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
External links
- Inga Freidenfelds at FIBA
- Inga Freidenfelds at Basketball-Reference.com
- Inga Freidenfelds at Olympedia
- Inga Freidenfelds at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
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