Céline Dumerc
French basketball player
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Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | LFB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1982-07-09) July 9, 1982 (age 41) Tarbes, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 136 lb (62 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2000 | CFBB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2003 | Tarbes GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2009 | Bourges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | UMMC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2016 | Bourges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Atlanta Dream | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–present | Basket Landes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Céline Dumerc (born 9 July 1982) is a French professional basketball player.[1] She was named the FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year in 2012, and the French player of the year in 2017.
National team career
Dumerc is the captain of the senior women's French national team.[2] She was France's leading scorer at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, where she won the silver medal.[3]
Awards and accomplishments
Pro clubs
- 5× French Women's Cup Winner: (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014)
- 3× French Women's Federation Cup Winner: (2006, 2007, 2008)
- 7× French Women's League Champion: (2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2021)
- Russian Women's Cup Winner: (2010)
- 2× Russian Women's League Champion: (2010, 2011)
- 2× French Women's SuperCup Winner: (2014, 2015)
- EuroCup Women Champion: (2016)
French women's national team
- 2009 EuroBasket Women: Gold
- 2011 EuroBasket Women: Bronze
- 2012 London Summer Olympics: Silver
- 2013 EuroBasket Women: Silver
- 2015 EuroBasket Women: Silver
- 2017 EuroBasket Women: Silver
Individual
- 2× French Women's League Best Young Player: (2001, 2002)
- French Women's Federation Cup Best Player: (2007)
- 2× French Women's League Best French Player: (2008, 2014)
- 3× EuroBasket Women All-Tournament Team: (2009, 2013, 2015)
- FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year: (2012)
- La Gazzetta dello Sport's European Female Player of the Year: (2012)[4]
- French National Order of Merit: (2012)
- Radio France's French Sportsman of the Year (2012)
- Robert Busnel Medal (highest distinction of the French Basketball Federation): (2013)
- French player of the year: (2017)
- French Women's League Best Five Players 1998-2018: (2018)
Personal life
She is openly lesbian and was among the six French LGBT athletes featured in the documentary We Need to Talk.[5]
References
- ^ Atlanta Dream Roster
- ^ Profile in FIBA Europe.com
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Céline Dumerc". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ^ Atlanta Dream signs French star Céline Dumerc.
- ^ Buzinski, Jim (2021-06-21). "6 French athletes, including 3 Olympians, come out for Pride". Outsports. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- EuroCup Women profile
- Camp Céline Dumerc
- Céline Dumerc at Olympedia
- Céline Dumerc at Olympics.com
- Céline Dumerc at Équipe de France (in French)
- Céline Dumerc at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
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Alain Gilles Trophy
- 2015: Nando de Colo
- 2016: Nando de Colo
- 2017: Céline Dumerc
- 2018: Fabien Causeur
- 2019: Rudy Gobert
- 2020: not awarded
- 2021: Nicolas Batum
- 2022: Laëtitia Guapo
- 2023: Victor Wembanyama