Céline Dumerc
 Dumerc in 2014 | |
| No. 9 – Basket Landes | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | LFB |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 9, 1982 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 |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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[edit]
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[edit]
Pro clubs[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
She is openly lesbian and was among the six French LGBT athletes featured in the documentary We Need to Talk.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- 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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Categories:
- French women's basketball players
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Tarbes Gespe Bigorre players
- Atlanta Dream players
- Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- French expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players for France
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Sportspeople from Tarbes
- Point guards
- French lesbian sportswomen
- 21st-century French LGBT people