Ieva Tāre

Tāre was trained by the current Latvian national women's team coach Ainars Zvirgzdiņš since her school years.

[1] She joined SK Cēsis, her current team, in 2008 shortly after the end of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

[4] In the early 1990s, Tāre turned down an offer to play in the United States due to her poor English skills.

[1] Tāre is married to a former Latvian national rugby team player named Juris.

[1] From December 2005 to March 2007 Tāre did not play due to pregnancy and care for her newborn son, Emīls.