Mike Dancis

Mike Dancis
Personal information

Full name	Miķelis Reinis Dancis
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1939-09-10)10 September 1939 Riga, Latvia
Died	29 January 2020(2020-01-29) (aged 80) Adelaide, South Australia
Sport
Sport	Basketball

Miķelis Reinis "Mike" Dancis (10 September 1939 – 29 January 2020^[1]) was a Latvian-born Australian basketball player. His brother, George Dancis, was also a basketball player. He represented Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[2]^[3] Both Dancis brothers were awarded the Australian Sports Medal on 13 September 2000.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Legacy Latvian Olympian dies at 80 in Australia". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mike Dancis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
^ The Night They Drove Old Lindsay Down
^ "Mr Mikelis DANCIS". It's an Honour. Australian Government. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ "Boti Nagy | Mike Dancis, the original Adelaide giant, has died".

External links

Mike Dancis international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Mike Dancis at FIBA (archived)
Mikelis Reinis Dancis at FIBA (archived)
Mike Dancis at Olympedia (archive)
Mikelis Dancis at the Australian Olympic Committee
Miķelis Dancis at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
Mikelis Reinis Dancis at Olympics.com

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